{"id":17345,"date":"2020-08-25T06:19:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T06:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=17345"},"modified":"2020-08-25T06:19:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T06:19:47","slug":"play-it-safe-with-allergies-asthma-during-pandemic-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=17345","title":{"rendered":"Play It Safe With Allergies, Asthma During Pandemic School Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

\"News<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, Aug. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News)<\/p>\n

As parents deal with the uncertainty surrounding school this year, allergies<\/a> and asthma<\/a> may not be top of their minds.<\/p>\n

But even during a pandemic, parents of children with allergies<\/a> and asthma<\/a> need to consider the added risks their children may face, one allergist says.<\/p>\n

Many school districts “are still trying to determine how kids will return to school this fall,” said J. Allen Meadows, president of the American College of Allergy<\/a>, Asthma<\/a> and Immunology (ACAAI).<\/p>\n

“The first priority is, of course, keeping children safe if they will be attending classes in person. As allergists, we need to examine not only how kids with allergies<\/a> and asthma<\/a> might be affected by the normal classroom risks, but how COVID-19<\/a> might also affect their health,” he said in a college news release.<\/p>\n

Meadows and fellow experts from the ACAAI offered some factors for parents of children with allergies<\/a> and asthma<\/a> to consider if their kids are returning to the classroom:<\/p>\n