Respiratory viruses keeping Central California doctors busy

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The acold wintertime months kept Central California doctors busy, from the flu to COVID and adjacent RSV.

"We decidedly person seen a seasonal variation," said Dr. Kamalmeet Kaur with the Modern Medicine Group, "with an influx of having patients travel successful with these respiratory infections."

The northeast Fresno session was besides not immune to the assorted respiratory viruses that were circulating.

"We had a large deed successful December, and it benignant of lulled successful January," said Dr. Kaur. "But successful February and March, it's picking backmost up again."

The CDC reports portion flu enactment remains high, they've seen a driblet successful the past fewer weeks. However, the bureau says flu-related visits, hospitalizations and deaths are inactive up.

Dr. Kaur shares that she's seeing patients coming successful with coughs, headaches, sore throats and congestion.

"It's a substance of everyone due to the fact that everyone is backmost successful school," said Dr. Kaur. "Young radical successful their 30's to 40's are coming successful with symptoms. So decidedly your 60, 70, and 80-year-olds are being deed astatine this clip too."

As we modulation retired of wintertime and into spring, Dr. Kaur says patients are besides dealing with allergy-like symptoms. Despite this, the aesculapian session is often investigating for immoderate respiratory viruses.

"I deliberation each 3rd oregon 4th diligent present is coming successful with these types of symptoms," said Dr. Kaur. "Everyone wants to instrumentality their precautions to not get different radical sick too."

Whether it's a cough oregon a headache, wellness experts accidental if you commencement to amusement symptoms, marque definite to spot your doc close away.

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