2023-05-30 13:02:48
The sunny days are here and yet the colds seem to be back. Is it serious doctor ?
In principle, winter is the period when viruses proliferate. Only now, we are almost in summer and in the office, it may not have escaped you, some of your colleagues are coughing again, complaining of their stuffy noses or sore throats. Should we be worried about this resurgence of winter symptoms even though the temperature has warmed? “Non“, reassure in unison the health professionals interviewed. “There is no increase in ENT pathologies, nor in Covid.“
General practitioner in Marignane, Laure Guillot confirms. In her cabinet, she did not note a “explosion“from home.”Still some Covid and rather rhino-pharyngitis, quite classic for the period, and with the pollen season, allergy attacks.“
A stable health situation confirmed by the latest figures published by Public Health France. In its national information bulletin, SOS Médecins indicates that pathologies of the respiratory sphere in adults (bronchitis, + 29%; asthma, + 18%; Orl pathologies, + 17%) and in children under 2 (bronchiolitis , + 57%) were “rising” more “remained at a level comparable to previous years“.
For its part, the Oscour network (Organization of coordinated emergency surveillance) observes passages to emergencies “stable in all age groups“. In detail, he notes a slight increase in passages for pathologies of the respiratory sphere in children. In adults an increase in passages for insect bites!
High humidity
Pulmonologist at the European Hospital in Marseille, Doctor Hervé Pegliasco also has his own little idea. “People who cough are the fault of an autumn weather situation with rains and higher humidity.“Good for gardens, bad for allergy sufferers in a way. Because if the rains that have passed through the region”have allowed the pollen to be flattened on the ground, bringing some respite to allergy sufferers, they have also favored the growth and development of grasses“, highlights the latest allergo-pollinic bulletin from the RNSA.
“We are not done with irritative coughs. Grass allergies are coming and will stay present until July. Especially in the Rhone Valley, completes Dr. Pegliasco. Not to mention the olive trees that will tickle our nostrils in the coming weeks.
Another phenomenon should make our summer nights cold: air conditioning. The alternation of hot and cold would be radical to reduce our nasal immunity. “It is also a veritable aerosol of pollen. When you are sensitive, it is better to maintain your devices“, warns the pulmonologist.
And Dr. Guillot concludes: “Colds in the summer are not serious. In general, these are mild viral infections. You just have to remember to clean your nose well.“
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