As the seasons change, tips from one local doctor, debunking holistic ways to keep fall allergies at bay [Video]

As we approach the fall season, some people may already be feeling the seasonal change with some sniffling and sneezing.Whether you get allergies every year, or you have never had to deal with the seasonal sickness, Dr. Alicia Beal, a family and lifestyle medicine physician at Salem Family Medicine says anyone can get allergies anytime.”I often have patients who come in saying, I never had allergies until I moved to North Carolina. North Carolina is a very green state. It has a lot of plant life,” she said.Beal says as the seasons change and the levels of pollen and other local allergens shift, she has already had patients coming in complaining of fall allergy symptoms.Seasonal Allergy Symptoms: runny or itchy nosesinus pressurecoughcongestionBeal says it can sometimes be hard to distinguish these symptoms from other sicknesses like the common cold. But she says there are some key differences.”I think when patients …