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Effectiveness of Ozone Therapy on rapid radiologic and clinical recovery of a patient diagnosed with COVID-19.


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SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus that can cause pneumonia leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome and pulmonary fibrosis (PF). Lung damage caused by COVID-19 can cause severe permanent respiratory failure. Ozone therapy (OT) is used as a complementary treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. PF, which is one of the interstitial lung diseases, is also radiologically identified in COVID-19 patients. In this case report, regression and healing on thorax CT findings are presented for a severe COVID-19 pneumonia-related intensive care unit patient who was diagnosed with PF on the post-COVID ward and treated with OT on the ward and even after discharge from hospital.

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COVID-19, Pulmonary fibrosis (PF), Ozone therapy, Antiviral

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