Pollen doctors recommend keeping windows closed at night, rinsing your face and hair and changing clothes after being outside. if your doctor recommends it, take medications before symptoms start you can always hang on to your mask if pollen counts are high a few steps to make sure you re not stuck inside all season. kristen dahlgren, nbc news now to our series kids under pressure and the crisis within the pandemic impacting so many young people stephanie gosk on the rise in eating disorders. reporter: isolated in her room because of covid with no school and unable to see friends, 16-year-old chloe melton s eating disorder went from bad to dangerous i was in a controlled environment. which the eating disorder thrives in. i was able to make all of my meals. i would isolate in my room i was eating dinner at 2:00 reporter: why were you eating dinner at 2:00 intermittent fasting. the internet told me
Medical hospital setting. they should be at home in thriving reporter: dr. richmond reached out to eight other hospitals in the country and found a similar surge in severe eating disorder cases. patient numbers doubling we re seeing kids from all sort of racial and ethnic backgrounds, all sorts of socioeconomic backgrounds. reporter: we are coming out of this pandemic people are taking off masks, kids are back in school. is this going to get better for you you know, i really worry about this next wave, to be honest i ve had some patients who told me they re really hesitant to go back we re going to see ramifications for a long time in our adolescents mental health reporter: chloe said she struggles every day. but she hopes her recovery might help someone else it s scary. it never gets less scary until you keep doing it and it s so worth it stephanie, you have to wonder, does this spike tell a larger story about children s mental health right now? reporter: yes, lester
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