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Article: Back to School means back to asthma attacks
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- La Voz Nueva
- Article date:
- August 3, 2005
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Most people associate cold-and-flu season with the damp, dark days of late fall and winter. But as soon as children are confined in classrooms and start swapping germs, the incidence of respiratory infections rises sharply. Colds due to rhinovirus peak in September, with other viral infections also increasing.
Cold viruses are present year-round but the incidence of colds rise sharply in early fall, shortly after school begins. The flu typically arrives later, in November, with the peak season from late December through early March.
Fortunately, there are several things you can do to lessen your chances of getting sick. Among the basic things to do, remembet to wash your hands frequently. ...