Annals of Health and Health Sciences
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1and2

Could oral symptoms be associated with use of corticosteroid during COVID-19 infection and their possible pathogenic mechanisms?: A questionnaire study

1M.D.S., Department of Periodontics, RUHSCollege of Dental Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

2Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiology, Jaipur Dental College, Maharaj Vinayak Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

(*Corresponding author) email id: zainabambreen95@gmail.com

**akanshagoyal13@gmail.com

Online published on 13 June, 2024.

Abstract

During the second wave in the months of April and May 2021, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a wrecking effect in India. The daily infection rates were increasing drastically. As the pandemic progressed, there was evidence of the potential role of the use of corticosteroids in the management of COVID-19. The principle of this study is to highlight the association of oral manifestations in mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 with the use of corticosteroids during COVID-19 infection. There was a statistically highly significant difference seen for the higher frequency of draining sinuses with the use of steroids.

Keywords

Corticosteroids, COVID-19, Oral manifestations