We interviewed the head of the allergology department of the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital, José Damian López.
The particles that the African air masses brought to the Murcia region from the Sahara act as a “non-specific irritant”, affecting primarily people with allergic-type breathing problems or those who have COPD. This lesion occurs in the entire respiratory system, that is, both at the nasal and bronchial levels.
This is the notion that Head of the Allergology Service at the Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, José Damian López. The expert notes that although humidity usually mitigates somewhat the irritating effects of dust, in this case the effects were less.
We’re not in peak allergy season. According to the portal of the Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, in the region of Murcia, the level of allergy to particles is low, with a concentration of less than 10 grams per cubic meter of air. Despite this, with the end of summer, plants appear, the diffusion of pollen of which increases. In any case, the symptoms should not be confused with those of the coronavirus.
He effect of vaccines these patients are positive. The head of the allergology department at Arriksaki assures that the sooner they are used, the higher their effectiveness will be. These doses directly change the reaction that an allergy attack causes in our body.
