According to clinics around the area, spring allergies are the main thing affecting people right now.
Fort Bend County
Patients often come in with a stuffy nose, said Ayesha Jangda, district president for CVS Health.
Spring allergies were more common.
However, here in Fort Bend, there are now fewer flu cases.
(Galveston and Brazoria Counties).
District leader Jaydeep Patel with CVS Health said they are still seeing cases of coronavirus and influenza, as well as some cases of pneumonia.
Pharmacist Rochelle Guys explained how pneumonia is exactly why something as simple as an allergy needs to be treated, “If you can't control that, it will drain and once it gets into the chest, that's where, you know, it's very important to eliminate that.” Budding because once that is left untreated, people get pneumonia. That's how people get bronchitis.
She said symptoms should not be tolerated for more than a week before visiting a doctor to avoid worsening complications that come from untreated allergies and congestion.
City of Houston
The Houston Health Department said there were seven reports of meningitis here between November and February, and 27 cases statewide.
The illnesses can be severe and fatal, but fortunately Houston's patients survived.
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