Ayurvedic management of pregnant woman infected with SARS-CoV-2 - A case report

Since 2020, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally and is the most threatening health crisis of our time. In this scenario, pregnant women represent a frail category of patients, as they are systematically excluded from trials and thus, a candidate for focused evidence-based care. The Ayurvedic management of second trimester pregnant woman having diagnosed with COVID-19 is reported in this paper. The serologically confirmed COVID-19 pregnant woman was symptomatic and was managed in a tertiary COVID health centre of Ayurveda. The patient became asymptomatic on the 5th day of treatment and on the 7th day, nasopharyngeal swab sample was taken for RT-PCR, which was negative. The patient was followed up to assess the obstetric and neonatal outcomes. The findings of this case report can be useful for understanding the possible clinical pathology of COVID-19 infection in pregnant woman and the holistic care protocol for the management of similar cases. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Institute of Transdisciplinary Health Sciences and Technology and World Ayurveda Foundation. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).