Spring is here, allergies are back, accentuated by pollution peaks. How to differentiate Covid-19 and pollen allergies?
Pollen allergies return with spring! However, bad news, this is not likely to slow down over the years: indeed, global warming boosts the production of pollen for plants. In addition, the hot seasons are longer, thereby extending the pollen season. Finally, human pollution does not help allergy sufferers, because it aggravates allergies. Once this encouraging information is known, how can you tell the difference between the symptoms of a classic pollen allergy and a Covid-19 infection?
If you have a runny nose, with a very clear and fluid discharge, itching, itchy nose, red and/or itchy eyes… there is a good chance that it is rather allergies. Another clue: the weather! Indeed, the wind and the good weather, just like being outdoors, accentuate allergies.
Covid-19 or pollen allergy: how to tell them apart?
Another recurring clue: the Covid-19 is a source of greater fatigue. Then, the characteristic classic symptoms begin to be known: cough, respiratory problems, loss of taste and/or smell? In any case, if you have the slightest doubt, we can only recommend an antigen or PCR test to be fixed.
How? ‘Or’ What to guard against these two types of inconvenience ? Wearing a mask will allow you to minimize the risk of contracting Covid-19 and triggering pollen allergies. Indeed, the pollens depositing in the nose and the eyes, you thus decrease the exposure. Then, watch for pollen and pollution peaks and avoid going out into the countryside during them.