WEIL WILL GET YOU WITH JUST HERE IN ONE SECOND FOR REAL AND ON LIVE TV.
WELCOME BACK. 9.30. TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS. IS THAT TIME OF YEAR
AGAIN, POLLEN FLYING OFF CEDAR
TREES LIKE CLOUDS OF DUST.
THIS VIDEO SHOT BY A SAN
ANTONIO MAN. SHE WAS WALKING
WITH HER KIDS AT THE CIBOLO
NATURE CENTER OUT IN THE BERNIE
AREA. OH, MY GOD. THAT MAKES
ME. AND SHE JUST LOOKING AT IT.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS KIND OF
EXTREME POLLEN.
>> IS WHAT CAUSES ALL ALL THAT
THAT ALLERGIES THIS TIME OF
YEAR IN SOMETHING WE KNOW AS
CEDAR FEVER. FOR MORE DETAILS
ON HOW YOU CAN COMBAT CEDAR
FEVER OR AT LEAST TRY TO
CONTROL WHAT’S GOING ON WITH
YOUR SINUSES. WE BRING IT TO
THE LOCAL OUR JUST DOCTOR.
KURT WEIBEL. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR HAVING
HER. FIRST OFF, CAN YOU AND
THIS? I KNOW WE’VE GOT YOU ON
THE HOT SEAT HERE, BUT CAN YOU
HELP US DISTINGUISH ALLERGY
SYMPTOMS FROM SAY THE COMMON
COLD OR COVID OR THE FLU.
>> SO IT’S GOING TO BE TOUGH
FOR A NUMBER OF THOSE SYMPTOMS.
YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW, ALL THE
THINGS YOU MENTIONED OMICRON
VIRAL ON
THOSE ALLERGIES CAN CAUSE MANY
NOSE CONGESTION. YOU BECAUSE
DRAINAGE SOMETIMES SORE THROAT.
BUT ALLERGIES SHOULD NOT CAUSE
FEVER SHOULD NOT CAUSE SEVERE
HEADACHES OR CHILLS OR BODY
ACHES. I’D BE MORE WORRIED
ABOUT A VIRAL AND THIS, OF
COURSE, ON THE KRON A SWEEPING
THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
>> OK, SO MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE
FROM SAN ANTONIO, THEIR USE
THIS KIND OF THING. BUT FOR
THOSE WHO MAY BE NEW TO THE
AREA OR NEW TO TEXAS ARE PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN TOWN FOR THE ALAMO
BOWL. WHAT IS CEDAR FEVER?
>> CEDAR FEVER IS A TERM SORT
OF COLLOQUIAL USED TO SAY YOUR
BODY IS GETTING INFLAME FROM
THE CEDAR POLLEN. AND SO, YOU
KNOW, AND CENTRAL SOUTH TEXAS,
OUR DOMINANT POLLINATION OF
ALLERGY THIS TIME OF YEAR IS A
MOUNTAIN. CEDAR. IT’S A TEACHER
SPECIES AND THE COLD WEATHER
CAUSE OF THE MALE TREES TO
RELEASE ALL THE ON. AND I LOVE
THE VIDEO YOU SHOWED BECAUSE
THE COUNTS CAN GET CRAZY.
20,000, 50,000 IN JUST DRIVES
ALLERGY SUFFERS AND SAYING.
>> I HAVE A PRETTY ALLERGY
FIGHTING REGIMEN. DOCTOR WEIBO.
BUT LET’S TELL SOME PEOPLE
ABOUT STEPS THEY MIGHT BE ABLE
TO TAKE TO CONTROL THEIR
SINUSES WHEN THE POLLEN COUNT
IS SO HIGH LIKE IT IS THIS
WEEK.
>> YEAH. THE FIRST AND SAY IT’S
JUST LET’S MAKE SURE WE’RE
DEALING WITH THE RIGHT THING.
BUT FOR MOST PATIENTS WHO KNOW
THEY HAVE ALLERGIES AND SUFFER
FROM THEM. YOU KNOW, FALL
POLLEN COUNTS. YOU GUYS HAVE
NICE. POLLEN COUNTS DAILY,
THEIR WEBSITES THAT SHOW
ITSELF, YOU KNOW, IT’S GOING TO
BE A HIGH POLLEN COUNT DAY OR
MONTH LIKE IT IS THIS WEEKEND.
THIS MONTH FOR SEAGER.
INDOORS IN AIR CONDITIONING IS
YOUR FRIEND WHEN YOU’RE GOING
OUTSIDE WEARING A MASK CAN HELP
FILTER SOME OF THAT. BUT IT’S
NOT PERFECT. SO MS PATIENTS
WILL FIND RELIEF WITH THE
STANDARD AN HISTAMINE THAT ARE
OUT THERE. AND THE SELF-HELP.
I’LL NASAL SPRAYS CAN REALLY
HELP. AND SO THE MAJORITY OF
PATIENTS CAN FIND RELIEF WITH
SOME OF THOSE COMMON ALLERGY
MEDICATIONS. DOCTOR, WHY THE
LOT GOT YOU HAVE GOT KIND OF A
CURVE BALL QUESTION. DO ANY OF
THOSE
>> THINGS THAT YOU FIND MAY BE
ON THE ON GROCERY STORE SHELVES
TO THOSE THINGS HELPING ALL
SYMPTOMS LIKE THAT. THE HONEY
IN THE POLLEN AND AND THE THE
DROPS TO 4 FOR LOCAL,
SUPPOSEDLY LOCAL HOURS
ALLERGENS OR THERE’S SOME URBAN
LEGEND AND THIS I DON’T MIND
BEING ON THE HOT SEAT AT
PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU GET A LOT
OF THESE HOMEOPATHIC DROPS,
IF THEY DO ACTUALLY CONTAINED
PURIFIED EXTRACTS OF THE
POLLEN, IF IN HIGH ENOUGH
AMOUNTS WHAT YOU’RE TYPICALLY
NOT GOING TO GET OFF THE SHELF.
IT’S NOT GOING TO WORK. YOU
KNOW, WE OFTEN HAVE HONEY AND
WE BELIEVE LIKE, WELL, THE HIGH
MUST CONTAIN POND, BUT IT
ACTUALLY HAS THE NECTAR FROM
THE FLOWERS AND DOESN’T HAVE
LIKE THE CEDAR POLLEN, RAGWEED
POLLEN. SO TO YOU HAVE THE
THINGS THAT CAN HELP ARE LIKE A
SALT WATER THERE ARE MANY
VERSIONS OF THAT YOU CAN GET
OFF THE COUNTER AND JUST
GETTING THE MUCUS AND THUS NOT
OUT OF THE NOSE, ESPECIALLY
THAT STARTS GETTING DISCOLORED
OR THINK HOPEFULLY THAT WILL
STAVE OFF A SINUS INFECTION
A LOT OF TIMES. THAT’S NOT
ENOUGH. AND SO WE NEED THOSE
MORE DELIBERATE OR AND HIS
TEENS NASAL SPRAYS, SOMETIMES
ALLERGY EYEDROPS. WELL, YOU’VE
HANDLED THE CURB A QUESTION
LIKE A TOTAL PRO DOCTOR.
WHY? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DOCTOR KIRK WEIBEL WITH THE SPY
OR ALLERGY AND SINUS.
>> HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, THANK