Title
Data on steam inhalation in combating CoVid-19
Authors
Barun Dev Kumar, Santosh Kumar Verma*, Akhilanand Chaurasia & Deepyanti Dubey
Affiliation
Dental Institute, RIMS, Ranchi, India; *Corresponding author
Barun Dev Kumar – E-mail: dr.dev08@gmail.com
Santosh Kumar Verma - E-mail: santoshvermakr@gmail.com; Phone +91 8210435759
Akhilanand Chaurasia - e-mail: chaurasiaakhilanand49@gmail.com
Deepyanti Dubey - E-mail:diptidubeya@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received April 2, 2022; Revised September 30, 2022; Accepted September 30, 2022, Published September 30, 2022
Abstract
Steam inhalations are often used to control viral infections of the respiratory tract such as common cold. The use of steam inhalation in combating SAR-CoV-2 infection has been also tried. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the various data available on the effect of steam inhalation on COVID-19 infection in a systematic manner. The guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) were used. We registered the protocol in PROSPERO, the International prospective register of systematic reviews. A search method to identify relevant studies using PICO questions was prepared. A total of 52 articles were screened for their relevance to the topic. Three articles were found to have insufficient data and ten articles could not pass our inclusion criteria. Total 3 articles could make the final list of articles based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Steam inhalation helps in symptomatic relief of COVID symptoms. But there is not much data available to reach a conclusion of its role in the treatment and prevention of COVID.
Keywords
COVID-19 infection, SARS-CoV-2, steam inhalation, CO-RADS
Citation
Kumar et al. Bioinformation 18(9): 825-830 (2022)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
