Dr. Marc Cromie of Chattanooga Allergy Clinics helps distinguish Covid symptoms from fall allergies.

Dr. Marc Cromie of Chattanooga Allergy Clinics helps distinguish Covid symptoms from fall allergies.

It's just glad to have your witnesses will let chat this tuesday.

Now we get to spend a few minutes with her body.

Doctor mark rowley from the chattanooga allergy clinic doctor croley good morning.

I am doing very well.

It's to see you again.

We eschewed the cause of this coronavirus outbreak understand how you can pandemic it between us to.

We are tight brother.

I'll give you this popular towards the end of her little get together here it is been a bad morning already.

When dulac is making a whole more money than we are they are that they are that hay of getting into the meat and potatoes of this obviously were getting into the autumn allergy season the ragweed town is goin up.

A lot of people have sent in emails justifiably concerned about how to know the differenc between a seasonal allergy.

Maybe the early onsets of the flu or the coronavirus.

I don't know the answer to tough situations get into it.

We thought was bad.

Bring all the crime just came out.

I think this fall can be worse.

So here's the deal.

A lot of these a lot in common, running nose, sneezing and coughing can be symptoms of all three of these situations, whether it's ragwee allergy flew from.

But here's the thing about fall allergies.

There is no fever.

No body ache associated with this, don't you have a fever 100 105 or more.

This is not allergies.

Allergies you typical runny nose, which i clear you viewed sneezing.

It can have your call from post nasal drainage.

Obviously not something that we do seek what you have any argument despite the severity of some allergies you know if you have those and you do not have the fever and you're essentially divorce mark safe but rest assured it's not flew, and not the coronavirus gas into medicines like cleric and allegro are going to hell with the fall allergies but they're not can help.

If you have the flu or you have corona and so those are things that yo have the fever at all in the aches and pains and got be tested.

Obviously, we need to make sure that every guest or flu shot this year to prevent that aspect from coming in and clouding the situation.

Is this a good time to get the flu shot number one and question number two is this a good time to get tested for allergies, the answer to both is yes my friend all of course the flu shots or you getting them to all our patients in all our offices all also see them every cvs minute clinic offered the flu shots are going and get it now in the past, waited a little more in the season that the trinity rest should get an suture seasonal allergies.

Fall is our second season over the treat all scoring canals great time.

Come to the checkout clinic in any of our offices including our new office which will be open by th end of the year.

Hopefully i'll we can allergy test you define exactly what you learned to and taylor make you allergy shots or chemotherapy which can change the course of this disease.

You suffer every year right let me ask you this.

The experts are saying.

It generally takes 2 to 3 weeks for the flu shot to get in her system, and the build up the strength it means kellogg's and take if were diagnosed with a certain allergy you put us on one of your medications.

How long does it take for that to get into the body to start work talking about traditional allergy medicines like antihistamines does work within hours nasal steroids will work with day of starting them usually 12 hours or so you star steroids obviously start allerg shots.

It's a little slower process with the allergy shots of any medicine is not a steroi in his the name that's why i like these all insurance companies cover because they're prevented there so nicely all your shots have been purified: dog and cat dinner dust minds whatever sensitivities you have skin test are putting your shots in each week you get stronger.

Some are shot in the back seat so gradually over a matter of 4 to 6 months.

Changes in your new system were you qui overreacting to the ragweed in the fall or the spring polymer the grasses or their indoor out so is more gradual process that changes your new system long- term since more sure versus just a 24-hour band-aid like in history and that so that was the point i was were to make, which these allergy shots in your system and they have had time t develop.

It is more of a long- term plateau and easing problem one food allergies.

Do we typically see in the fall, spik up ... well all food allergies can present any time of year.

We don't see ace seasonal change with food allergies.

However, you hit the nail ahead.

We got thanksgiving, and we got halloween so these are high periods of reaction on the server that you developed all of a sudden the peanut allergy, but that you've actually been exposed to candy than the peanu in it that you realize from trick-or-treating or your grandma's house for things giving dinner and there's a pine that may have something in that you didn't appreciate all was in it so that's the concern is not so much.

Have new theology developed at the current food allergies can get a exacerbated by nextel exposures reading foods people homes and prepare the route trick-or-treating candy that you may not know exactly what's in it on the system and peanuts on the tree, not that one egg milk so those are year-round.

It was to allergies but as you mentioned the cph when it comes to our seasonal of festivities and the allergies protect generally more susceptible for the younger generation.

I will give you about carly.

We got real still still still i am very ago where out here doctor mark rowley shattered his favorite allergis for going on 1012 years now chatted allergy