masks at weddings
A consultant "internal and chest diseases" advised women with asthma to wear masks while attending wedding and wedding events to avoid exposure to an asthma attack due to inhaling the scents of incense and perfumes that are frequently used on those occasions.
Dr. Battal Obaid Al-Dossari, an assistant professor at the College of Medicine at King Saud University, said in the "Saudi Sabah" program on Channel 1: "I discussed the effect of the fluctuations in the atmosphere on people with asthma and chronic coughing," noting that unfortunately we have many customs and traditions in society that are difficult to change, and affect On the lack of control of asthma, which I noticed in patients who visit me in the clinic, for example weddings and weddings in which a lot of incense and perfumes are used, with the presence of many asthma patients who are affected by such atmospheres and conditions, "adding:" But women can wear masks to avoid To fall into such matters. "
The consultant Al-Dossary revealed an increase in the number of people with asthma and allergies in the Kingdom in recent years, and stated that according to studies, urban residents have more susceptibility to allergies and asthma than those who live in villages and rural places due to the increase in pollution.
He pointed to a study conducted on the inhabitants of the Gulf countries, which revealed the high incidence of these diseases within a decade, as in 1416, the proportion of people with allergies reached 12-18% and nasal allergies within 35%, compared to 1404. And in which the incidence of asthma and allergies reached 6-8% among school children!
He indicated that there is a link between three diseases: asthma, allergies (reporting sensitivity) and gastro-reflux.
Al-Dossary warned against disregarding the symptoms of asthma by not rushing to consult a doctor as soon as they feel them, which are the chronic coughing that lasts for more than a month, wheezing and wheezing in the chest, shortness of breath or clouding and chest pain.
He revealed that among the types of asthma is the so-called "functional asthma", which happens to workers and employees in factories and other places, and they have symptoms, and they are monitored during the weekly and annual leave periods, so that the patient is given a simple device through which the amount of air that he exits within a second is measured. Indicating that there is a difference in the measurements between his presence at work and vacation, and this is part of the diagnosis!
Al-Dossary also strongly advised asthma patients to wear masks during the dust, and to take the seasonal flu vaccine annually, usually in the months of October or November, denying rumors and what is circulating on communication and Internet sites that the vaccine weakens immunity or may cause paralysis!
