>>LAUREN VERNO: IN OUR AREA WE STILL HAVE ABOUT A MONTH LEFT IN THE HEIGHT OF POLICIES THAT
USUALLY RUNS UNTIL EARLY MAY
AS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A
MONTH. BUT NOTE BECAUSE OF OUR
CLIMATE ALLERGY SUFFERERS
BATTLE BLOOMING PLANTS AND
TREES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE
FALL. YOUR WAY. JOINING ME NOW
TO UNPACK SOME OF THIS DOCTOR,
SUNIL JOSHI AN ALLERGY, AN
IMMUNOLOGIST, A SPECIALIST ON
THIS. THANKS FOR JOINING US
TODAY.
>> GOOD MORNING, MELANIE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: ALL RIGHT,
DOCTOR, JOSHI OF PEOPLE WHO
SUFFER FROM ALLERGIES KNOW
THIS. BUT JACKSONVILLE WAS
NAMED ONE OF THE WORST PLACES
FOR SPRING ALLERGIES RIGHT NOW
AS THERE ARE PLANTS AND
TRIGGERS EVERYWHERE. WHAT ARE
PEOPLE NEEDING TO DO TO STEER
CLEAR OF ALL OF THIS? OR IS IT
JUST IN THE AIR?
>> WELL, IT IS IN THE AIR.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY WE’RE ONE OF THE
WORST PLACES FOR ALLERGIES.
AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THIS TIME OF
THE YEAR, WE HAVE THE NATURAL
TREES THAT BLOOM THIS TIME OF
YEAR THAT LOWER HUMIDITY, THE
WIND IS BLOWING. IT JUST
BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE, WHICH IS MY
LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND
TIME OUTDOORS. BUT OF COURSE,
WHEN YOU HAVE ALLERGIES THAT
CAN BE REALLY PROBLEMATIC THIS
TIME OF THE THE BEST WAYS TO
MINIMIZE YOUR EXPOSURE TO
ALLERGENS, OF COURSE, IS TO
MINIMIZE YOUR TIME OUTDOORS
DURING THE TIMES OF THE DAY
WHEN THE POLLEN TENDS TO BE AT
ITS HIGHEST WITH THIS THING.
THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN
PARTS OF THE KEEP YOUR WINDOWS
CLOSED INSIDE THE HOUSE. AND
THAT’S HARD TO DO. AND IT’S SO
NICE OUTSIDE AND PEOPLE WANT
TO AIR OUT THEIR HOUSE. BUT
ONCE THAT POLLEN GETS INTO THE
HOUSE, IT’S VERY HARD TO GET
RID OF IT. THINKING WITH YOUR
CAR, KEEP THE WINDOWS UP IN
YOUR CAR. YOU’RE NOT BRINGING
POLLEN INTO THESE AREAS THAT
HE SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND IF
YOU ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME
OUTDOORS WITH YOUR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS, SOCCER, BASEBALL. IS
THAT RIGHT? A NIGHTTIME
SHOWERS. GET RID OF THAT
FALLING OFF OF YOUR OFFER
CHILDREN’S HERE TUESDAY. WHEN
YOU’RE SLEEPING IN YOUR BED,
YOU NOT GETTING ON INTO THE
BED. YOU HEAR ASK YOU. I’M
JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS IS
THE BEACH A BETTER PLACE FOR
PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES TO GO?
IS THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, YOU CAN USE WILL
DEFINITELY WHEN YOU’RE ON THE
OCEAN AT THE BEACH ITSELF,
YOU’RE GOING TO BE LESS
EXPOSED TO POLLEN BECAUSE THE
WIND IS COMING OFF OF THE
OCEAN AND FISHING THINGS AWAY.
>> IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE
CASE THAT IF YOU LIVE, LET’S
SAY IN JACKSONVILLE BEACH,
ATLANTIC BEACH THAT YOU’RE
BETTER OFF BECAUSE THOSE AREAS
ARE LOADED WITH NATURAL TREES
OR POLLEN FLIES FOR OVER 500
MILES AT A TIME AS THEY STILL
DO GET EXPOSED TO WOW. LIKE
SOME CRAZY STUFF. OKAY. LET ME
ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE BEST TREATMENT?
BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF OVER
COUNTER MEDICINE PEOPLE, POP
FLOW, NAYS.
>> ARE YOU TRYING TO KIND OF
RENTS OUT SOME OF THOSE
ALLERGENS FROM YOUR BODY? IT
WAS COMMON THINGS THAT PEOPLE
DO IN TERMS OF OVER THE
COUNTER MEDICATIONS. ARE THE
PILLS GOING PEOPLE LIKE TO
TAKE IN IS THE MEANS IT’S EASY
TO TAKE THEIR BILLS.
>> AND THEY DO WORK QUICKLY.
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH AN IS
MEANS IS THEY ONLY BLOCK THIS
TO ME. THERE’S A LOT INVOLVED
IN THE ALERT TO CASCADE. THAT
LEADS TO NASAL CONGESTION,
SNEEZING, ITCHY, WATERY EYES.
AND THE NASAL STEROIDS, SUCH
AS THE ONE THAT YOU MENTION.
FLONASE. THERE’S ALSO IN A
XANAX AND THERE’S A RHINO
COURT. MULTIPLE OTHERS OVER
THE COUNTER THAT ALSO WORK
AGAINST OUT IS THEY’RE
ACTUALLY MUCH, MUCH BETTER AT
PREVENTING ALLERGY SYMPTOMS.
THEN YOUR TYPICAL AND IT IS
THE MEANS THE NASAL SAILINGS
PHRASE THAT YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT EARLIER THAT WASH OUT
YOUR SINUSES ARE ALSO VERY,
VERY HELPFUL. SO IF YOU GOT
INTO A DOING A SAILING SPRAY,
WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING WHEN YOU COME BACK
INSIDE AFTER EVEN A OUTDOORS
FOR A WHILE AND A PRETTY GOOD
OR BAD, YOU CAN DEFINITELY GET
RID OF SOME OF THE ALLERGENS
THAT ARE SITTING IN YOUR
SINUSES THAT CAN TRIGGER
ALLERGIC REACTIONS THAT LEAD
TO THOSE SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE
WORRY ABOUT. SO ALL OF THOSE
CAN BE HELPFUL IF THEY’RE NOT
WORKING OR THEY FEEL LIKE IT
TO BE ON THESE THINGS
CONSISTENTLY FOR MORE THAN A
FEW WEEKS AT A TIME THAT
PROBABLY DO NEED TO SPEAK WITH
YOUR PHYSICIAN.
>>LAUREN VERNO: ARE THERE ANY
OTHER OPTIONS? I MEAN, TO ME,
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU KIND OF
HAVE TO JUST GET THROUGH THIS
TIME AND MINIMIZE THE EFFECTS.
>> WELL, ULTIMATELY, IF YOU
KNOW THAT YOU SUFFER WITH
ALLERGIES, YOU CAN DO OTHER
THINGS FOR TO PREVENT OR
ALLERGIES AND ACTUALLY EVEN
GET RID OF UROLOGY SOME EXTENT
IMMUNOTHERAPY, WHICH ALLERGIES
HAVE BEEN DOING FOR OVER 100
YEARS. IT HELPED MINIMIZE
THEIR SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE THINGS THAT YOU’RE
ALLERGIC TO AND HAS THE
POTENTIAL OF HEARING YOU FOR
YOUR ALLERGIES. SO IF YOU KNOW
THAT YOU HAVE ALLERGIES GET
ALLERGY TESTED AND CONSIDER
IMMUNOTHERAPY BECAUSE
ULTIMATELY THAT’S THE ONLY
LONG-TERM CURE FOR YOUR
ALLERGIES.
>> YOU’RE GOING TO MOVE TO, I
DON’T KNOW. GREENLAND OR
SUMMER. NO WAY. NO ALL RIGHT,
DOCTOR, JESSE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THAT’S GREAT INFORMATION