Answering your questions: Allergy season and asthma

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Published on March 31, 2020 - Duration: 02:33s

Answering your questions: Allergy season and asthma

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Answering your questions: Allergy season and asthma

ISOLATE THEMSELVES.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSIS COMMITTED TOHELPING YOU GETANSWERS TO YOURQUESTIONS..

ANDHOPEFULLY PUT SOMEOF YOUR CONCERNSTO REST..:00:21:451:51BOTH STANDUP TEASEAND PKG ARE IN FTPDIRECTSUPERSNIKKI DEMENTRI,@NIKKIDEMENTRIANSWERING YOURQUESTIONSDR. THOMAS RUSSO,CHIEF OF DIVISION OFINFECTIOUS DISEASEAT UB JACOBSSCHOOL OF MEDICINEAND BIOMEDICALSCIENCESANSWERING YOURQUESTIONSNIKKI DEMENTRI,@NIKKIDEMENTRIAT 7 EYEWITNESSNEWS.WE'RECOMMITTED TOANSWERING AS MANYOF YOUR COVID-19QUESTIONS EVERYDAY.SPRING HASOFFICIALLYSPRUNG.AND AS WEHEAD INTOAPRIL.YOU'VE BEENWRITING US ASKINGABOUT ALLERGYSEASON AND THOSEWITH ASTHMA.SO WESAT DOWN WITH ANINFECTIOUS DISEASESEXPERT AND ANALLERGIST TO GETYOU ANSWERS.JOAN FROM BUFFALOASKED IN PART".THERE HAS BEENINFORMATIONDISSEMINATED TOHELP DISTINGUISHBETWEEN COLDS/FLUAND THECORONAVIRUS, BUTWHAT ABOUT THOSEWHO HAVE SEASONALALLERGIES?

I AM 72YRS OLD WITH NOPRE-EXISTINGCONDITIONS BUT MYALLERGY SYMPTOMSMIMIC CORONAVIRUSSYMPTOMS?DR RUSSO, :15"THOSE OF YOU WITHALLERGIES I'M SUREARE VERY TUNED INTO YOUR VERYSPECIFIC SYMPTOMS,SO IF YOU DEVELOPSOMETHING THAT'SDIFFERENT THANYOUR ALLERGY-LIKESYMPTOMS OR IF YOUDEVELOP FEVER,MALAISE OR BODYACHES.THAT CAN BEA CLUE YOU'REDEVELOPING ACORONAVIRUSINFECTION."05:21-:05:26"FEVER IS REALLY ONEOF THE MOSTIMPORTANT SIGNS TOTELL US SOMETHINGELSE IS GOING ON."THAT'S DOCTORKATHLEEN DONOVANWITH BUFFALOAMHERST ALLERGYASSOCIATES.SHE SAYS ALLERGYSEASON IN BUFFALOWON'T PICK UPTYPICALLY UNTIL THEFIRST WEEK OF MAY,BUT SUGGESTS THOSE04:19-:04:26"IT DOESN'T LOOKNECESSARILY LIKE IFYOU HAVE ASTHMATHAT THIS VIRUS WILLEXASPERATE YOURASTHMA AS BEST WECAN TELL."DR. DONOVONSUGGESTS THOSESUFFERING FROMCHRONIC ORINTERMITTENTASTHMA TO CONTINUEYOUR MEDICATIONS.BUT FORINTERMITTENTASTHMATICS DRDONOVAN SAYSCERTAINLY STILL USEYOUR ALBUTEROLINHALER, BUT STAYAWAY FROMALBUTEROLNEBULIZERS SINCE AVIRUS CAN BE SPREADINTO THE AIR.6:51-:07:02"PREVENTATIVETHERAPY ALWAYSSEEMS TO BE BESTFOR BOTH ALLERGIESAND ASTHMA, SOSTARTING YOUR MEDSNOW AHEAD OF TIMESO YOU'RE ALREADYON THE MEDS WHENTHE SEASON STARTSREALLY INHIBITSPEOPLE FROM HAVINGBAD FLARES."OVER THE PAST FEWWEEKS WE'VE BEENWORKING HARD TOGET EXPERTANSWERS TO YOURQUESTIONS.YOU CANSEE THEM ON OURWEBSITEWKBW.COM/CORONAVIRUS.FOR NOW STAYSAFE AND STAYHEALTHY, AND STAYBUFFALOSTRONG.NIKKIDEMENTRI, 7EWN.WE'VE SET UP ASPECIAL PAGE ON OURWEBSITE WHERE YOUCAN SEND US YOURQUESTIONS.JUST GO TO WKBW-DOT-COM-SLASH-CORONAVIRUS-QUESTIONS.WE WILL DO OUR V

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