Tag Archives: Seasonal Allergies

From Remedios Caseros to Checkups: Caring for Latino Children Year-Round

When it comes to your child’s health, every season brings its own challenges. Winter often means more flu, RSV, and sore throats. Spring can trigger allergy flare-ups, summer may bring scrapes, insect bites, or dehydration, and fall can lead to respiratory viruses and school-related stress. While many Latino families turn to remedios caseros like teas, …

Have You Renewed Your Allergy Meds?

By Katherine Wang, Legacy Pharmacist Is your allergy medication not as effective or not seemingly working at all? Legacy Pharmacist, Katherine Wang breaks down the why and how you can fix this. April is here and that means allergy season is tagging along with it. For Texans, however, there is no allergy season. Due to …

Keeping the kiddos active this spring

Spring Activities For Your Child

What kinds of outdoor activities are there, and how do we combat allergies while we participate? By Barrett White From February until early in the summer, trees, flowers, and grasses begin to release pollen into the air. Pollen becomes the biggest allergy trigger during the springtime. ā€œThe type of allergy we see mostly is allergic …

Is It Allergies, the Flu or Coronavirus? How to Recognize Symptoms

With COVID-19 appearing in Houston at the end of flu season and the beginning of allergy season, how do we know the difference? By Dr. Vian Nguyen, Chief Medical Officer   Updated April 28, 2020. RodeoHouston has been cancelled for the first time in 80 years; Austin’s SXSW has fallen victim to the virus, too. …