Loss of Smell: Is It Seasonal Allergies or Covid-19? Karla Walsh
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What are seasonal allergies, exactly?
Is a pack of tissues and antihistamines as essential as your phone and keys? You re not alone. About 8 percent of Americans have been diagnosed with hay fever (allergic rhinitis or seasonal allergies) in the past 12 months, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So why are the nose, eyes, and throat of so many of us hijacked by seasonal allergy symptoms? People with allergies have an overactive immune system, explains Payel Gupta, MD, assistant clinical professor at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York and SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
Whitney Spotts closes her windows when her neighbors start mowing their lawns.
Spotts suffers from severe allergies, and spring is especially challenging for her as cottonwood trees bloom and grass grows. It s a horrible Catch-22 because I love the spring, I love spending time outside, Spotts said. As soon as we start opening windows, my face goes nuts.
Some days she finds her car coated in pollen, but says wearing a mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic has helped reduce her exposure. In fact, Spotts, the lead singer in the cover band Starfam, has been wearing a HEPA filter mask for years before concerts to stop her throat from getting itchy and sore.
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Social distancing rules are expected to drag into the coming months as vaccine rollout remains sluggish and Covid-19 keeps spreading. Indoor dining is still inadvisable and gathering inside someone’s home isn’t safe. Some Americans are turning to outdoor gatherings to maintain a sense of normalcy. But moving the party outdoors in the middle of winter comes with its own set of challenges, including low temperatures and unexpected weather and outdoor tent sales are spiking.
Covid-19 Vaccines: Moderna vs. Pfizer What Docs Need You to Know Tina Donvito
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Moderna vs. Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine: Which is better?
The short answer is neither. In December, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the news the country had been waiting for: The new Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, had been approved. A week later, a second vaccine from Moderna was also approved. And now that the vaccine roll-out has begun (albeit slowly), you might be wondering which Covid vaccine is better.
Should you hold off on one vaccine in order to wait for the other? Absolutely not, says Reynold Panettieri, MD, a professor at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and director of the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science in New Brunswick, New Jersey. No difference has been shown.
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