Back to school is a reality that puts to rest the summer holidays.
We still have a window of happiness with Labor Day, the last long weekend before we mean business as usual.
However, an unusual date is lurking in the calendar for all who suffer from allergy and asthma.
Statistics show that approximately two weeks after Labor Day is the peak day for hospitalizations and ER visits due to asthma episodes. We are bringing attention to it, not because it’s a curse, nor to suggest that school is the culprit, but because it has its own chain of factors that provoke the ‘epidemic’.
To know them, will help.
Asthma is a chronic disease that causes inflammation of respiratory airways; however environmental allergens may exacerbate the flares.
What happens in September is that children are exposed to all potential triggers upon going back to school and being in their classrooms.
Indoor Allergens
Outdoor Allergens
Reasons you should read the daily pollen count if you suffer from allergic rhinitis…
Monitoring the daily count and the weather forecast support the allergic patient and help them with the prevention of unwanted symptoms.
What one is allergic to is not the visible yellow dust that deposits on car’s windshields, but the invisible particles produced by grasses and trees.
When inhaled by the allergic patient, those particles irritate the respiratory ducts and cause allergy symptoms such as eye redness, trouble breathing and nose running commonly known as hay fever.
Prescribed medications and pollen awareness are preventative measures to diminish asthma attacks.
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Excellent Advice. Fall is very rough where I live and I’m already feeling the pains now. It is easy to forget the basics so I appreciate this post.
Glad to be of help, Caroline. We know how tasking the change in season can be and we strive to be of support and extend the knowledge of our doctors to all.