Show 1403: Managing Year-Round Allergies with Medicines and Herbs

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This week, our guests share their expertise on how to deal with sniffles and congestion, whether you are reacting to seasonal triggers or suffer from year-round allergies. Can you reduce the amount of allergen you are exposed to? Which medications could help, and what are the downsides? We’ll also discuss some herbs that can help […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at
0:11.5	People's Pharmacy.com.
0:15.0	Tens of millions of Americans suffer with pollen allergies in the spring or fall.
0:20.0	Increasing numbers also suffer year round.
0:23.2	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grady.
0:27.0	When your nose is stuffy, it can be hard to breathe, especially at night. What can you do to ease the symptoms of stuffiness, sneezing, and runny nose.
0:43.6	We will talk with a renowned allergist and get the low down on pharmacy products
0:49.0	such as antihistamines and corticosteroid nasal sprays.
0:53.2	An expert in botanical medicines will discuss a number of natural approaches that can
0:58.1	also ease symptoms.
0:59.8	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, managing year-round-exertional
1:24.8	malays. These problems may persist for months or sometimes longer after an
1:29.9	individual has otherwise recovered.
1:33.2	Danish researchers wondered how common these symptoms are, so they undertook a study of more
1:38.3	than 50,000 adults.
1:40.4	The volunteers responded to online questionnaires at several intervals that covered fatigue and COVID-19 test results.
1:49.0	People who reported a positive COVID test had a 3% higher likelihood of fatigue over the next year and a half.
1:57.2	They were also twice as likely as those without COVID infection to experience post-exertional melays. That small increase in
2:06.3	fatigue was statistically significant. People with more serious infections had a
2:11.8	more dramatic 23% increase in fatigue in the 2 to 18 months following
2:17.3	discharge. The number of people suffering severe fatigue was higher soon after the infection and decreased over time.
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