CHESLEY:
CHESLEY: WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. TIME FOR OUR MONDAY MORNING
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. WE HAVE WITH US DR. STANLEY
FEYNMAN WITH ATLANTA ALLERGY AND
ASTHMA.
ASTHMA.
ASTHMA. GOOD NEWS AS FAR AS THOSE
NUMBERS COMING DOWN AS FAR AS
OUR TREE POLLEN GOES.
DO WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER
POLLEN?
POLLEN?
POLLEN? >> PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALLERGIES,
POLLEN -- ALLERGIES TO POLLEN DO
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT INCREASING
GRASS POLLEN WE ARE GOING TO SEE
THROUGH MAY AND SOMETIMES INTO
JUNE.
JUNE.
JUNE. WE
JUNE. WE SEEK TO REAP POLLEN'S GO DOWN
BUT GRASS POLLEN'S.
-- TREE -- WE SEE TREE POLLENS
GO DOWN BUT GRASS POLLENS.
MOLD TENDS TO GET HIGHER WHEN WE
HAVE HUMIDITY, ESPECIALLY AFTER
RAIN, ALSO WARMER WEATHER.
WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MOLD
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
PATIENTS WHO HAVE ALLERGIES TO
MOLD SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT.
CHESLEY: WITH SPRING HIGH
NUMBERS, I GUESS WE THINK ONCE
TWO DOWN WE ARE FREE AND CLEAR.
I HAVE BEEN TAKING
ANTIHISTAMINES SINCE MARCH.
IS THERE A PERIOD WHERE I GET TO
STOP?
STOP?
STOP? >>
STOP? >> IT DEPENDS ON PATIENT
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS. I DO NOT KNOW YOU AS A PATIENT,
BUT PATIENTS HAVE SEASONAL NASAL
ALLERGIES.
ALLERGIES. IT IS TRIGGERED BY POLLEN
ALLERGY.
ALLERGY.
ALLERGY. THE BEST WAY TO TELL IT TO DO AN
ALLERGY SKIN TEST.
THEN YOU CAN DETERMINE EXACTLY
WHAT IS TRIGGERING YOUR SYMPTOMS
AND TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR AND
DECIDE WITH THE BEST TREATMENT
PLAN IS.
PLAN IS.
PLAN IS. IT MIGHT BE TO TAKE AN
ANTIHISTAMINE.
ANTIHISTAMINE. IT MIGHT BE TO TAKE IN HEIRS
WILL -- A NASAL STEROID.
THOSE ARE OVER THE COUNTER NOW,
VERY EFFECTIVE FOR PATIENTS WITH
SEASONAL RESPIRATORY ALLERGIES.
IF THOSE ARE NOT HELPING THE
PATIENTS
IF THOSE ARE NOT HELPING THE PATIENTS, ALLERGY SHOTS ARE A
DISEASE MODIFYING TREATMENT THAT
HELP ALL THE TIME.
CHESLEY: WE HAVE BEEN IN THE
COVID SEASON AS WELL AS THE
ALLERGY SEASON.
ALLERGY SEASON. WEARING A MASK, HAS THAT HELPED
SOMEWHAT?
SOMEWHAT?
SOMEWHAT? >> I READ A REPORT THAT THEY DO
FEEL THAT WEARING MASKS HAS
HELPED.
HELPED.
HELPED. IT HAS HELPED REDUCE EVEN JUST
THE VIRAL COLDS, NOT COVID BUT
VIRAL INFLUENZA AND NORMAL COLDS
THAT WE GET THROUGH THE WINTER
TIME BECAUSE WE ARE DISTANCING.
WE ARE STAYING AWAY FROM OTHERS
AND WEARING MASKS.
IN TERMS OF ALLERGIES, POLLEN
ALLERGIES, WE DO GENERALLY
RECOMMEND PEOPLE WHO HAVE POLLEN
ALLERGIES WHEN THEY ARE WORKING
IN THE YARD OR MOWING THEIR LAWN
AND STIRRING UP A LOT OF THAT
PLANT PARTICLES AND THINGS, TO
WEAR A MASK.
WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR A LONG
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT IDEAL TO HELP
FILTER ALL THE POLLEN, IT DOES
-- MAY HELP REDUCE SOME OF THE
LARGER PARTICLES AND PATIENTS
MAY FEEL SOMEWHAT BETTER WITH
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. ON
THAT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS HAS BEEN
A VERY UNUSUAL POLLEN SEON.
WE HAVE HAD OVER 30 DAYS OF HIGH
OR EXTREMELY HIGH POLLEN COUNTS.
I THINK I AM VERY BUSY SEEING A
LOT OF PATIENTS COMING IN,
TELLING ME THAT IN SPITE OF
WEARING THEIR MASKS THEY ARE
HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLES.
IT IS CERTAINLY -- WEARING A
MASK HELPS PROTECT US ALL, BUT
YOU MIGHT NEED MORE SPECIFIC
TREATMENT FOR YOUR POLLEN
ALLERGIES.
ALLERGIES. CHESLEY: DR. FINEMAN
ALLERGIES. CHESLEY: DR. FINEMAN, REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON WITH US
AND HELPING US