En una entrevista con Paulo y su equipo, la doctora Estela Cuevas explica cómo la primavera afecta a los alérgicos debido al aumento del polen y otros factores ambientales. Destaca que el cambio climático ha incrementado los casos de alergias, y menciona que para 2050, la mitad de la población podría ser alérgica. También aborda las secuelas del COVID-19 en el sentido del olfato y enfatiza la importancia de consultar a tiempo para tratamientos efectivos.
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00:00Let's talk to Estela Cuevas, the number one, because it is the time of allergies in the middle of spring.
00:05Estela, how are you? Thank you for attending us. Good morning.
00:08Good morning, Paolo and team. How are you?
00:10Good, doctor. We are very well, but many people say how beautiful spring is,
00:14but bananas and everything that comes to us, pollen,
00:18does it affect the spring so much in terms of allergy?
00:22For the allergic, yes, Paolo.
00:23What happens is that, as you are saying very well, it has a part A and a part B, the face and the other face.
00:31The face is the good thing, it is the good thing that comes the warmer, warmer temperature,
00:35the day is longer, we are more sociable, the hormones begin to be detected and they give us more pleasure and well-being.
00:43But the other face is for the allergic, and here allow me to say this,
00:48that the allergic are increasing due to climate change.
00:51So, there are many people who did not have any kind of symptoms before,
00:56they did not have any kind of crisis, and now they come to the consultation saying,
01:00look, this is happening to me, sneezing, having a runny nose.
01:04The allergic rhinitis is the star at this time, Paolo.
01:08Why? Because the patient who is allergic has a genetic condition,
01:15that is, you inherited from your father, your mother, your brother, from a relative,
01:19and this is added to the environment that today is very polluted and is threatening our health.
01:25In fact, the World Health Organization says that by 2050, half of the population will be allergic.
01:31Half allergic, guys.
01:33Doctor, my question has to do with people who have lost their sense of smell during the COVID period.
01:39I say, how do you recover if there are people who are allergic and do not know?
01:42Is there a test to know this condition?
01:47Look, I'm going to answer you first with respect to the sense of smell.
01:50The vast majority recovered because they consulted in time.
01:53I still have patients who come who have stopped coming or, well,
01:58the patient perinated a lot and we are trying to recover that sense of smell.
02:03But in the world there are 27 million people who have lost their sense of smell.
02:07The good thing about this is that there is treatment,
02:12that COVID is a seasonal disease and that, above all things,
02:18they should consult because the sense of smell is a powerful, magical and mysterious sense necessary in everyday life.
02:24That's the first answer.
02:26The second answer I want to give you is that this allergic rhinitis has two stages,
02:31an early stage and a late stage.
02:33The early stage is when we get in contact with the allergen,
02:36which in this case, as Paulo said, the star is also the banana with its fruit,
02:42which falls to the floor and the pollen scatters.
02:45That's the dramatic tree.
02:48At the door of the radio I have a banana, I'm going to protect it because people pass by and say,
02:51this bastard.
02:52It seems that my father passes it by, he drowns.
02:54It's the banana, you see?
02:56What is the long-term danger of this type of allergy?
02:59In other words, it may be that if I have this allergy at 20 years old, at 40 it will be worse.
03:03I say it precisely because COVID left us broken.
03:06Does this worsen over time?
03:09No, because what you have to do is just consult,
03:12because there is a giant therapeutic arsenal that we have
03:15and that we can make allergics go through with very good quality of life.
03:20Because, as I was telling you, it has an early stage
03:23in which there is a crisis of sneezing, water from the nose and a lot of itch.
03:27There is pruritus in the eyes, in the nose.
03:29And after this insult, nasal clogging appears, obstruction.
03:33Really, going through this crisis is not good, because it takes away quality of life,
03:38the dream is interrupted.
03:39Oh, and they are also upset all day.
03:42Well, here you were saying that your father drowns directly.
03:46He doesn't drown in the sense that he can't breathe, but in the sense that he's doing that.
03:50And the tearful eyes are a downpour, as the bananas hit him.
03:54And it is very common, apart from all over the street.
03:55But doctor, is there no chronic medicine that can solve this situation?
04:01Because there are bananas all over the city.
04:04Which one?
04:05In Buenos Aires, 15% are bananas.
04:09Of the 500,000 trees, 15% of the 70,000 trees are bananas.
04:15But I also have to make it clear that bananas protect the environment.
04:20That's why we don't take them out.
04:22Pieces of salmon to ornament and urbanize the city.
04:26But allergic people generally know that for this date,
04:30the pollination of this tree appears, so they protect themselves.
04:34Now, the one who didn't know he was allergic, but had the allergic condition,
04:39today is in crisis due to the atmospheric conditions we are experiencing,
04:42climate change, global warming.
04:45And there is treatment.
04:46What should not be done, Pablo, and I think this is the best message,
04:50is to go to the pharmacy and self-medicate.
04:52Ask for the drop or ask for a first-generation antihistamine.
04:56And with that, we are counteracting.
04:58Any advice to say goodbye, Estela?
05:00Or is it impossible?
05:01Or can one...
05:02No, no, no.
05:03It's impossible, Pablo.
05:04Tell us.
05:05It is important that if there is wind, there will be a pollen rain.
05:09So that day you have to protect yourself with glasses and some kind of face mask
05:14so that an interface is built.
05:16First.
05:17Second, the clothes, if there is a lot of wind, dry it inside.
05:20Don't put the curtain outside because you're going to get in the clothes,
05:22you're going to shake and you're going to start all over again.
05:25Of course.
05:26So be careful.
05:27Ventilate at noon, not early in the morning, as is generally said,
05:31nor in the afternoon.
05:33And if you do physical activity, which is very difficult,
05:35do it also during the afternoon, at noon.
05:39And also remember that soon the jacaranda that we have in Buenos Aires
05:43will begin to bloom.
05:44Oh, also?
05:45Also.
05:46It also produces a lot of smell.
05:48It has a very rich smell.
05:50And since the nose of the allergic person is inflamed,
05:53this is going to irritate and symptoms will appear.
05:56The important thing about all this is that you have to consult
05:59and that this is a disease, it is not an infection,
06:02it is an infection that does not give fever
06:04because it can be confused with a flu or with a COVID or with a cold.
06:10And that above all things, this disease does not have to be trivialized
06:15because the allergic person has a very, very bad time.
06:17Yes, take care of us because spring is coming.
06:19Yes, we say goodbye.
06:20Is there a test, doctor, to be able to diagnose and treat
06:23the loss of smell that is approved by the ADMAT, for example?
06:27Oh, that's it, thank you.
06:29Because I made a kit together with a national laboratory
06:34and it is the only olfactory kit that allows
06:37to study how the sense of smell is,
06:39which was approved by the ADMAT in December.
06:41And it is the only one in all of America.
06:44You know that in total there are six and mine is the seventh.
06:46So thank you for commenting.
06:48Well, Estelita, we send you a kiss
06:50and thank you for joining us.