Impact of COVID-19 on Children with Asthma

ABSTRACT

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), can give rise to serious and fatal consequences, especially by affecting the lungs. The disease has been reported to have a milder course in children compared to adults, however chronic diseases in children as well as in adults can pose a risk for severe COVID-19 disease. While chronic lung diseases are considered as risk factors especially, there is no clear data yet on whether childhood asthma poses a risk to COVID-19. Besides, changes in the environment, social and health system during the pandemic period have positive and negative effects on the follow-up and disease control of asthmatic children. In this article, the literature has been reviewed for determining the effects of COVID-19 in children with asthma and for the management of pediatric asthma in the pandemic.