Waiting to exhale : COVID-19, asthma and COPD

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dc.contributor.author Outhoff, Kim
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-04T08:56:42Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-04T08:56:42Z
dc.date.issued 2020-07
dc.description.abstract As the COVID-19 cases and deaths continue their inexorable rise in South Africa, winter sets in and lockdown measures are eased, we wait – with bated breath – for the crisis to peak. The uncertainty is difficult to navigate. We feel compelled to observe and appreciate every in- and exhalation, and in this way, find ourselves reflecting on other respiratory ills. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), like severe COVID-19, are characterised by a struggle to breathe. Exacerbations may prove fatal. Unlike COVID-19, asthma and COPD cause obstructed airflow from the lungs, and may be managed pharmacologically. It follows that in order to breathe in, one has to breathe out, and treatments are therefore aimed at easing obstructions by targeting inflammation and bronchoconstriction. en_ZA
dc.description.department Pharmacology en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2021 en_ZA
dc.description.uri https://medpharm.co.za/about-our-journals/sagp en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Outhoff, K. 2020, 'Waiting to exhale : COVID-19, asthma and COPD', South African General Practitioner, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 57-58. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 2706-9613 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2706-9621 (online)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82557
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Medpharm Publications en_ZA
dc.rights © 2020 The Author(s) Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0]. en_ZA
dc.subject Exhale en_ZA
dc.subject Asthma en_ZA
dc.subject Patients en_ZA
dc.subject COVID-19 pandemic en_ZA
dc.subject Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) en_ZA
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_ZA
dc.subject Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) en_ZA
dc.title Waiting to exhale : COVID-19, asthma and COPD en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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