Category Archives: Allergies

How pure is your air?

Today, Dr. Rat­ner tells us how impor­tant it is to have good air.  An aver­age adult breaths over 3,000 gal­lons of air daily, and chil­dren breathe a larger amount of air rel­a­tive to their body weight. A 3,000 gal­lon tank would … Con­tinue read­ing

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Seven tips to beat spring allergies

Spring has sprung! And with it comes aller­gies galore. How do you know it’s aller­gies and not a cold? The most notice­able dif­fer­ence is that, while a cold will com­monly last less than two weeks, aller­gies will drag on as … Con­tinue read­ing

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WEST NILE VIRUS IN SAN ANTONIO

Evan Rat­ner MD A case of West Nile Virus has been con­firmed in the San Anto­nio region.  It sounds scary, but let’s get some of the facts about it straight.  Infec­tion occurs from the bite of an infected mos­quito.  It can­not … Con­tinue read­ing

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HOW CAN YOUR DEDUCTIBLE HELP ALLEVIATE ALLERGIES?

I love San Anto­nio. It’s a great city, but year round we have all kinds of aller­gens in the air. With the sum­mer months being the kind­est to allergy suf­fer­ers. Well, you know what they say… out of sight, out of … Con­tinue read­ing

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Allergy Testing

Spring allergy sea­son will be here soon and many are already suf­fer­ing. It might be because San Anto­nio was ranked 40 out of 100 cities in a 2010 study on spring allergy capitals.

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