YESTERDAY. AND THEN GOOD AND OTHER SPOTS WHERE YOU SEE THE GREEN. SO WE WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THIS BECAUSE A LOT PEOPLE
MAY BE FEELING SICK. MAYBE
YOU'RE WONDERING IS IT COVERED?
19 OR IS IT ALLERGIES? THAT'S A
QUESTION WE HAVE AT OUR HOUSE
ALL THE TIME. SO DR. ABBY A
LOT. JOINING US TO HELP US
FIGURE ALL OF THIS OUT IT'S
GREAT TO SEE YOU, DOCTOR. GOOD
MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO GOOD
TO SEE YOU AGAIN. YES. SO RIGHT
NOW I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE AROUND
ME IS SNEEZING AND COUGHING AND
I'M LIKE GO GET TESTED. WHAT'S
COMPLETE AND YOU DO NEED TO GO
GET A COBRA TEST OR WHAT? HOW
DO WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? SO
IT'S HARD. IT CAN BE HARD AT
TIMES TO TELL A DIFFERENCE AS
WE KNOW IT IS CAUSED BY A
RESPIRATORY VIRUS INFECTION AND
SEASONAL ALLERGIES OR WHEN YOU
HAVE AN IMMUNE RESPONSE TO
THE ALLERGENS IN THE AIR. BUT
IN TERMS OF SYMPTOMS, THERE'S
CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE LESS
ASSOCIATED WITH ALLERGIES, MORE
SO WITH KERMIT. SO FEVER IS ONE
OF THEM. IT'S MUSCLE ACHES. NEW
LOTS OF SENSE OF TASTE AND
SMELL. AND IF YOU HAVE NAUSEA,
VOMITING, DIARRHEA, THOSE ARE
MORE SO THINGS THAT RESEARCHING
COLD AND WITH ALLERGIES. THEN
IF YOU HAVE ITCHING THAT MORE
HAS TO DO WITH ALLERGIES,
SNEEZING MORE SO AGAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH ALLERGIES BUT
EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE COMMONLY
WITH BOTH. SO IT'S ALWAYS
IMPORTANT TO TALK TO YOUR
DOCTOR IF YOU'RE CONCERNED
EITHER ONE OF THEM. AND THEN
WHAT ABOUT TAKING ALLERGY MEDS
JUST TO SEE IF THAT CAN RULE
OUT WHAT IT IS? IS THAT A GOOD
IDEA? ABSOLUTELY. SO IF YOU
DON'T HAVE FEVER AGAIN. AND IF
YOU DON'T HAVE MUSCLE ACHES AND
AND YOU'RE NOT VOMITING THEN IT
COULD POTENTIALLY BE ALLERGIES.
AND YES, YOU CAN CERTAINLY TRY
THOSE ALLERGY MEDICATIONS, ANY
HISTAMINE THINGS THAT CAN HELP
WITH THOSE SYMPTOMS. AND IF
YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO TYPICALLY
HAS ALLERGIES AROUND THIS TIME
OF YEAR, THEN CERTAINLY IT
MAKES IT MORE LIKELY THAT
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. AND IS
THE TIME OF YEAR THAT PEOPLE
ARE FEELING THESE ALLERGIES OR
WOULD IT BE THE FIRES THAT HAVE
BEEN GOING ON? I MEAN WHAT KIND
OF CAUSES THIS? RIGHT NOW WHY
ARE WE SEEING SO MUCH OF IT
LATELY? WELL, YOU YES,
THE FIRES INCREASE WHAT WE CALL
PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR
AND THAT'S EITHER THIS SMOKE
DUST AND THESE LITTLE PARTICLES
THAT CAN BE IRRITATING AND CAN
CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE NASAL
PASSAGES. WE ALSO HAVE
THE SANTA ANAS WHICH ARE I.
WHERE DOES THAT CREATE THESE
VERY DRY LOW HUMIDITY
CONDITIONS? MEAN ALL OF THIS
CAUSES THE NASAL PASSAGES TO
PRODUCE MORE MUCUS AND THAT IS
VERY ANNOYING DISCOMFORTING FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND YOU CAN
ALSO GET IRRITATION FROM ALL
THESE PARTICLES AND START TO
HAVE THE WATERY EYES,
THE SNEEZING, THE NASAL
CONGESTION. AND POLLEN LEVELS
ARE HIGH. YOU HAVE BAD AIR
QUALITY INDEX. PEOPLE THAT HAVE
ALLERGIES ARE ALSO GOING TO GET
WORSE THING OF THEIR SYMPTOMS.
I FEEL LIKE MY HUSBAND'S GOOD
AT THE FORECAST BECAUSE AS SOON
AS HE STARTS SNEEZING AND
COUGHING I'M LIKE OH, THE SANTA
AGAIN IS COMING. ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. IT CAUSES A LOT OF
DRYNESS. THEY'RE CALLED IT KIND
OF BACK WHEN THEY'RE DESCENDING
WINDS THAT CREATE REALLY,
REALLY DRY LOW HUMIDITY
CONDITIONS WHICH CAN BE VERY
IRRITATING. YEAH. YES. YES. WE
HAVE COMING NEXT WEEK SO I HAVE
A FEELING A LOT MORE PEOPLE
WILL START TO FEEL THE EFFECTS.
THAT'S FOR SURE. LET'S TALK
ABOUT MASKS TOO. I MEAN WE'RE
WEARING THEM OBVIOUSLY TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVERED
19 BUT CAN THEY HELP WITH
ALLERGIES? SO IN LIMITED CASES
THEY CAN HELP TO BLOCK THOSE
LARGER PARTICLES POP FROM
POLLEN AND NOT NECESSARILY
THE SMALLER PARTICLES SINCE
SOMEONE OF COURSE WHO WORKS A
LOT OF DUST. AND IF THEY'RE
OUTSIDE IN THOSE VERY HIGH
LEVELS OF POLLEN THEY MAY BE
HELPFUL. BUT WE KNOW THAT IN
THE CONTEXT OF COATED IT'S
IMPORTANT TO WEAR YOUR MASK. SO
DEFINITELY DO THAT ALL
THE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
CAN'T MAINTAIN THAT DISTANCE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO PREVENT IT.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
SUFFER FROM ASTHMA OR ANY KIND
OF RESPIRATORY ISSUES? I KNOW A
LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
COMPLAINING WITH ALL THE SMOKE
COMING DOWN FROM THE FIRES THAT
THEIR LUNGS JUST FEEL HEAVY.
DOES ALLERGY SEASON ADD TO THAT
AND MAKE IT WORSE FOR THEM?
ABSOLUTELY. IT DEFINITELY
COULD. SO ALL THOSE PARTICLES
AS IRRITANTS IN THE AIR CAN GET
INTO THE LUNGS AND START TO
CAUSE IRRITATION CAUSING
WHEEZING, COUGHING, SHORTNESS
OF BREATH. SO IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT THAT IF YOU'RE
SOMEONE THAT HAS ASTHMA YOU
SHOULD TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN A
REGIMEN THAT'S CONTROLLING
THEIR SYMPTOMS CERTAINLY GET
WORSE BECAUSE ALLERGY SEASON IS
HERE. AND ALSO IF YOU'RE
SOMEONE WHO HAS ALLERGIES, YOU
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, COME UP
WITH A PLAN TO CONTROL THAT.
BUT YES, IT CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE
IT WORSE. OF COURSE
THE WILDFIRES WE KNOW THAT THAT
DOES INCREASE EMERGENCY ROOM
VISITS FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE
LESS DRY CONDITIONS. PEOPLE
HAVE HEART CONDITIONS. SO IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN. OK.
DR. HARVEY, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. WE KNOW HEALTH CARE
WORKERS ARE BUSY AS IT IS AND
THEN YOU ADD THE SMOKE FROM
THE FIRES TO THE MIX. IT MAKES
THINGS I'M SURE PRETTY INTENSE
AT THE HOSPITALS THESE DAYS. SO
YEAH, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
THANKS FOR ALL YOU GUYS DOING.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ERIC.