You might've hoped the pandemic would cancel sick season — but the annual arrival of allergies, colds and flu is still right on schedule in the U.S. Here are a few steps to improve your chances of staying healthy:
Is that sneezing or coughing fit a sign of allergies, a cold, the flu or COVID-19? If you also have a fever — a temperature above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher — those symptoms probably signal infection and not just allergies acting up. Is that sneezing or coughing fit a sign of allergies, a cold, the flu or COVID-19? If you also have a fever — a temperature above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher — those symptoms probably signal infection and not just allergies acting up.
In my clinic, that means a flurry of visits and calls from patients worried about their runny noses, coughs and sore throats. Before the emergence of COVID-19, it was already tough for patients to know how seriously to take those common symptoms. Allergies and colds are mostly just a nuisance, but a severe case of the flu can kill.between 12,000 and 61,000 people in the U.S. each year, and COVID-19 has already killed more than 200,000, just since February.
Those big combined numbers of deaths can be scary, especially if you've skipped or postponed your usual health routines and check-ins with a doctor this year. Now's the time to get back in gear: Here are a few steps to improve your chances of staying healthy, even during sick season.Do this now. Being an established patient can help you more quickly get in to see a doctor or other health care provider when you get sick.
a clinician who already knows your medical history when you call helps, too — the clinician may feel more comfortable making certain treatment recommendations online or over the phone and will know when it's better to have you come in for a physical exam because you have certain risk factors.Primary care providers, as well as pharmacists, can help track whatever vaccinations you need — and those immunizations are especially important during a pandemic.
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