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Winter 2015-2016
SHINE
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ACHOO!
Find a physician to
help you manage
your allergies at
Answers2.org.
Getting the
right treatment
Cold and flu medications aren’t
designed to relieve allergy
symptoms, which means that
people with allergies who take
them are unlikely to find much
relief. And that’s just the beginning
of potential problems.
“Besides not feeling better, you’re
also going to keep accumulating
fluid in your respiratory system,”
says Amber Hyde, MD, family
medicine physician at Methodist
Mansfield Medical Group. “That
makes you more susceptible to
ear infections, pneumonia, and
other illness.”
The safest choice to treat that
stuffy nose that won’t go away?
“Make an appointment with your
physician,” Dr. Hyde says. “Once
we have a proper diagnosis, we
can get you on the regimen you
need to start feeling better.”