Pollen is flying around right now and many of us are suffering symptoms of hayfever, an allergic reaction to pollen. But with Covid-19 on everyone’s minds, there can be confusion in distinguishing the underlying cause of respiratory symptoms.
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Almost any conventional nutritional guidelines will lay down the law that whole grains should be a staple of a healthy diet. But for a significant number of people, grains are a problem. The villain is a family of proteins called gluten, found in wheat (the most commonly consumed), spelt, rye and barley. Oats may affect some people.
If you have toothache, seeing your dentist face to face is impossible now, due to the risk of transmission of corona virus. However, you may be able to consult a dentist online as practises are urged by NHS England to ‘establish (independently or by collaboration with others) a remote, urgent care service, providing telephone triage for their patients with urgent needs during usual working hours, and whenever possible treating with advice, analgesia and antimicrobial means, where appropriate’.
For the vast majority of us, the corona virus pandemic is our first experience of being on what’s now referred to as ‘a war footing’. And rather like bombs dropping in the Blitz, we don’t know where, when and who the virus will hit next. So it makes sense that we’re anxious.