Attention allergy sufferers: It's time to stock up on boxes of tissues. Ragweed pollen levels in New Jersey are supposed to be nasty the next couple months.
The mast cell, a type of white blood cell, is the immune system's first line of defense, but can overreact to certain stimuli — and that's when things get complicated.
Two Jersey Shore Allergists with Hackensack Meridian Health, Dr. Bruce Decotiis and Dr. Chirag Patel, are encouraging you to get vaccinated if you haven't already and they have reasons, evidence, ways of calming your fears and concerns.
We've hit the point of the year where summer is starting wind down and eventually transition into fall which means leaves falling, weather getting cool and allergies flaring up all over again.
It seems that in today’s world health is a big topic, especially with the Coronavirus Pandemic causing some much trouble and now fall flu season is right around the corner.....or as it’s being dubbed “twindemic” the combination of Covid 19 and flu season.
It's a tricky spring season for anyone who typically struggles with allergies (which grass and trees are high right now) and those with asthma following a warm winter and a Covid-19 spring to this point.
Allergies have started up just as we are dealing with influenza and the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus. Here is how you can tell which one you might have.