Potential Use of Masks and their Harms in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Author: Morooj Ali Fahad , Shahad Nazar Mustafa . Fatima Mallalah Mohammed and Nabaa Ali Jassim
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Abstract
The aim of the review is to illustrate the potential use of masks and their harms in the context of the Covid-19, from the period 15th March till 15th June, 2020. Topics related to the title of this review were collected by searching through various databases including Google Search Engine, Pubmed, Researchgate, and Google Scholar to write the review well. It indicated from this review that healthy people should wear masks in communication and in public only, not wear them when exercising and not wearing them for people with respiratory diseases such as asthma, due to a lack of respiratory secretions, which may negatively affect the health of individuals. It was concluded that the medical mask is the best among other masks and shields when used to avoid contracting the covid-19 virus and since the medical mask is useful but its use for long and unnecessary periods causes some health harms, the most important of which are headaches, skin lesions on the face, difficulty in oral communication with others.