{"title":"Xerostomia as a potential condition in patients Covid-19 with tetanus: A Case report","authors":"Alamsyah Piliang, Dewi Zakiawati, Nanan Nur’aeny","doi":"10.35856/mdj.v11i1.501","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Xerostomia is a dry mouth condition caused by many factors, including the potential of neuroinvasiveness and neurotropism from severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2). Tetanus causes muscle spasm, rigidity, and also as a risk factor for xerostomia. Objective: To discuss the pathogenesis of xerostomia in patients with coronavirus di-sease-2019 (Covid-19) and tetanus. Case: A 66-year-old male was referred to Oral Medicine Department from Neurology De-partment. Extraoral showed dry and exfoliative lips. Intraoral showed one finger mouth opening, a brownish plaque in dorsum of tongue, no saliva pooling in floor of mouth. Polymerase chain reaction SARS-Cov-2 was positive. Patient was diagnosed with xerostomia. Management: Cleaning the oral cavity with gauze moistened of 0.9% NaCl and 0.12% chlorhexidine diglu-conate, and applying the vaseline album on lips. Conclusion: The pathogenesis of xerostomia is an important factor as po-tential consequence of patients with Covid-19 and tetanus due to damage the angiotensin converting enzyme-2. \nKeywords: xerostomia, Covid-19, tetanus, angiotensin converting enzyme-2 \n ","PeriodicalId":18170,"journal":{"name":"Makassar Dental Journal","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Makassar Dental Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.35856/mdj.v11i1.501","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction: Xerostomia is a dry mouth condition caused by many factors, including the potential of neuroinvasiveness and neurotropism from severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2). Tetanus causes muscle spasm, rigidity, and also as a risk factor for xerostomia. Objective: To discuss the pathogenesis of xerostomia in patients with coronavirus di-sease-2019 (Covid-19) and tetanus. Case: A 66-year-old male was referred to Oral Medicine Department from Neurology De-partment. Extraoral showed dry and exfoliative lips. Intraoral showed one finger mouth opening, a brownish plaque in dorsum of tongue, no saliva pooling in floor of mouth. Polymerase chain reaction SARS-Cov-2 was positive. Patient was diagnosed with xerostomia. Management: Cleaning the oral cavity with gauze moistened of 0.9% NaCl and 0.12% chlorhexidine diglu-conate, and applying the vaseline album on lips. Conclusion: The pathogenesis of xerostomia is an important factor as po-tential consequence of patients with Covid-19 and tetanus due to damage the angiotensin converting enzyme-2.
Keywords: xerostomia, Covid-19, tetanus, angiotensin converting enzyme-2