Email address:
Beth Darling administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Ruth Howard. Photo/Andrew Sylvia
LEBANON, NH – With spring upon us, it may be harder to distinguish seasonal allergy symptoms from those of a cold or COVID-19. Unfortunately, there is a gray area of symptoms that overlap all three conditions that include congestion, cough, sore throat, runny nose and fatigue.
“Allergies can develop at any stage of life, but if you don’t typically experience seasonal allergies and have congestion and a runny nose, I recommend being tested for COVID-19,” said Jonathan B. Thyng, MD, medical director at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) Nashua. “We recommend COVID-19 testing even if the symptoms are very mild, as the medical community is working to identify and isolate anyone with COVID-19 to prevent infection of medically vulnerable and unvaccinated people.”