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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast

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Speaker 1: from News Talks at be.

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Speaker 2: It is that time of year where many of us

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Speaker 2: are feeling a little bit a too e. We're experiencing sneezing, congestion,

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Speaker 2: all sorts, and sometimes it can be a little bit

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Speaker 2: unclear as to whether or not you've got a cold,

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Speaker 2: or whether or not you've got hay fever. So we

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Speaker 2: thought we would catch up with our resident doctor, Brian Betty,

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Speaker 2: who's here with the details this morning.

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Speaker 3: Killder Brian, Oh, cure Jack.

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Speaker 2: So what's the difference? I know that seems potentially obvious,

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Speaker 2: but sometimes when you're experiencing these things, it actually isn't.

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Speaker 2: What's the difference between a common cold?

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Speaker 3: It can be very difficult to tell sometimes, and especially

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Speaker 3: this time of the year when we've had actually a

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Speaker 3: late viral season with colds and flues that's run right

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Speaker 3: into spring, and also that time when we start to

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Speaker 3: get the pollens in the year that causes the hay fever.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, it can be different, different, difficult to work out.

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Speaker 3: So basically the difference is hay fever is an allergic reaction,

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Speaker 3: and so the allergy to pollen or dust in the

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Speaker 3: air or pet so when it gets windy and the

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Speaker 3: flowers are out pollinating, we tend to get it. The

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Speaker 3: common colds and infection, and it's caused by a virus,

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Speaker 3: and the virus is off rhinovirus, So it's very very

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Speaker 3: different in terms of what it does. Now, the key

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Speaker 3: difference is hay fever tends to come on suddenly, so

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Speaker 3: it can last for a day, for days or weeks,

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Speaker 3: and it's often accompanied with frequent sneezing, red itchy, watery eyes,

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Speaker 3: and itchy throat and nose. But there's no temperature. Now,

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Speaker 3: the common cold comes on gradually over a few days,

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Speaker 3: usually last for five to ten days, thick yellow nasal discharge,

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Speaker 3: mild eyed irritation, and less sneezing. And often you do

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Speaker 3: have a mild temperature and it gets muscle aches. So

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Speaker 3: there are some very very distinct differences between the two.

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Speaker 2: And should how should you tell the difference?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, I think there's three critical things that the

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Speaker 3: time it takes to come on, when it comes on,

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Speaker 3: and it now, Look, if you have itchy eyes and nose,

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Speaker 3: think hay fever is the classic classic symptom. Now, if

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Speaker 3: you feel slightly achy and unwell. Think common cold. Now,

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Speaker 3: hay fever does tend to occur more during spring, not

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Speaker 3: all the time, but during spring and certain times of

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Speaker 3: the year, especially spring, so it tends to be windy,

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Speaker 3: we've got the pollen in the air, and you know,

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Speaker 3: people out like mooweing lawns and they notice they get

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Speaker 3: all these symptoms coming on. Often with the common cold. Again,

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Speaker 3: you've been in contact with someone who's had a cold,

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Speaker 3: you suddenly start to get the symptoms. So again there's

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Speaker 3: another difference where the cold is spread from person to

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Speaker 3: person that doesn't happen with hay fever. So again there's

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Speaker 3: some very very distinct differences that start to occur.

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Speaker 2: And how do you treat them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, very very differently, So it is important to know

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Speaker 3: the difference. So for hay fever, it's important to try

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Speaker 3: and avoid the irritance. So again, if it's a windy

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Speaker 3: day and you know that pollen's going to trigger the symptoms,

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Speaker 3: keep your windows shut indoors on those windy days to

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Speaker 3: try and keep the pollen out of the house. And

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Speaker 3: if you've been outside maewing the lawns, come inside and

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Speaker 3: just change your clothes and shower and get rid of

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Speaker 3: all that that pollen stuff that maybe on you causing

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Speaker 3: the problems. We use something called antihistamines, which are a

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Speaker 3: tablet to stop the itch and sneezing, often some eye

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Speaker 3: drops and off some nasal drops just to stop the

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Speaker 3: nasal congestion. Now, with the common cold, antibiotics do not help,

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Speaker 3: and this is really really important. It's a virus, so

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Speaker 3: there's no benefit to antibiotics. Stay at home because you

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Speaker 3: don't want to spread it, because that's what you do

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Speaker 3: with colds. Yeah, you know, your paraceminol, your broof and

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Speaker 3: to keep your temperature down and get rid of those

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Speaker 3: muscle achs. Often a bit of a nasal spray for

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Speaker 3: decongest throat lozenges and stay well hydrated really really important

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Speaker 3: and usually improves over a week. It gets better by itself.

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Speaker 3: So but staying at home is really quite important in

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Speaker 3: that situation.

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Speaker 2: Of course, pseudo ephodrine is now available in pharmacies. I

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Speaker 2: have had it, and look, I know that there's a

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Speaker 2: bit of controversy with it. It My experience with it

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Speaker 2: was that it worked and that it gave me a

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Speaker 2: short term relief, like quite big time, to be honest,

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Speaker 2: like it was like, I was like, wow, this is

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Speaker 2: actually this is doing it and it may be a

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Speaker 2: little bit jittery, like I could see how they make

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Speaker 2: me find venomene out of it, you know. I was like, oh,

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Speaker 2: I can see. It's like not the craziest link between

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Speaker 2: these two things. So yeah, but for a cold it did,

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Speaker 2: Like my experience was that it did actually help, although

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Speaker 2: you've obviously got to be really careful and you know,

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Speaker 2: following the instructions of the chemists and that kind of thing.

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Speaker 3: And yeah, look that's really important, seriesting. Yeah, this city

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Speaker 3: Everyson's got two sides to it. Yes, it works. It

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Speaker 3: is actually really effective for decongestions and making you feel better,

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Speaker 3: but there's this other side to it where you can

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Speaker 3: feel yeah, quite energized and a whole lot of things.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, you need to talk to your fancist about

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Speaker 3: then and how you use it. And yeah, so it

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Speaker 3: is good to use, but you've got to use it

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Speaker 3: very carefully.

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Speaker 1: I suppose, yes, exactly.

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Speaker 2: Hey, thank you so much, really appreciate it. Doctor Ryan

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