Health Topic: Focus on Allergies

by Dr. Wilbur Kuo, MD
March 8, 2016


The weather is getting warmer, and those piles of snow are slowly disappearing! But with the warm weather, people are noticing their allergies returning. For those of you on seasonal nasal steroids, now is the time to start resuming them! More information below:

What is hay fever?
* Also known as allergic rhinitis
* Affects 20% of people
* Symptoms include:
* Sneezing
* Itching
* Congestion
* Runny nose
* Postnasal drop
* Cough: a tickling in the throat, worse with laying down
* Watery, itchy eyes
* Fatigue
* Can be associated with asthma, eczema
* Worse in children and people in 30s and 40s

More later...