Cough, breathlessness, itchy eyes, and asthma attacks – as toxic smog envelops Delhi and the National Capital Region with the air quality worsening, doctors are battling with emergencies in hospitals. “The number of patients coming to respiratory clinics with cough and breathlessness has increased tremendously in the last couple of weeks,” Dr Arjun Khanna, head of pulmonary medicine at Amrita …
Your eyes are itchy, your nose is running and you're reaching for your asthma puffer — for many allergy sufferers the increase in hayfever symptoms marks the start of spring. "Allergies are super common in all pets, but cats in particular suffer from a significant amount of allergies and get hayfever," Dr Gowan says. "It's just about finding an appropriate …
Monsoons are a welcome relief from the summer heat but even though the temperature drops a few degrees the humidity and wetness can give rise to various itchy skin allergies and infections and health experts warn that eczema’s like atopic dermatitis and seborrhoea dermatitis can flare up during the monsoons because of change in weather and humidity which disrupts the …
Respiratory allergies might be harmless at first but if left untreated, can develop into more chronic respiratory disorders. In a case of COVID-19 infection, symptoms also last longer, taking around three weeks to clear, compared to the flu, wherein a person recovers in about a week’s time. Common respiratory conditions that people mistake for COVID-19 symptoms Allergic rhinitis – It …