The expert named the most characteristic summer diseases

All diseases exist year-round, but there are diagnoses that are specific to summer. Denis Prokofiev, a general practitioner, cardiologist, and holder of the Moscow Doctor status, told Izvestia about this. First of all, these are problems related to food poisoning.

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"In addition, summer is an extremely unfavorable period for people suffering from bronchial asthma, including the allergic type. People with chronic obstructive bronchitis of the lungs (COPD) and other pulmonological diseases are also at risk," the expert emphasized.

Such patients may have an exacerbation that requires the supervision of doctors of related specialties — an allergist, a pulmonologist, an immunologist and a therapist in order to correct and select inhaled medications, the source added.

The specialist also drew attention to weather—sensitive people who, depending on the characteristics of the body, may experience different conditions - hypertensive crises, hypotension, paroxysmal tachycardia.

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