{"title":"The Impact of COVID-19 on Dysphagia in a Steroid-Responsive Dermatomyositis Patient: A Case Report","authors":"Hyun Jung Kim","doi":"10.15746/sms.23.017","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"There have been no reported studies or case reports on the coexistence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) and its effect on swallowing. This is the first case report that addresses the impact of COVID-19 on dysphagia in a patient with DM. A 65-year-old male diagnosed with DM and undergoing steroid treatment contracted COVID-19. Subsequently, muscle power and creatine kinase levels improved, but dysphagia persisted, leading to nasogastric tube feeding. COVID-19 may hinder the recovery of dysphagia in steroid-responsive DM patients.","PeriodicalId":22016,"journal":{"name":"Soonchunhyang Medical Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Soonchunhyang Medical Science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15746/sms.23.017","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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There have been no reported studies or case reports on the coexistence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) and its effect on swallowing. This is the first case report that addresses the impact of COVID-19 on dysphagia in a patient with DM. A 65-year-old male diagnosed with DM and undergoing steroid treatment contracted COVID-19. Subsequently, muscle power and creatine kinase levels improved, but dysphagia persisted, leading to nasogastric tube feeding. COVID-19 may hinder the recovery of dysphagia in steroid-responsive DM patients.