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EAST TEXAS — The Texas Health and Human Services is reporting 5,124 influenza hospitalizations so far this month. According to our news partner KETK, these numbers have gone up by 2,000 since Nov. 15. Longview healthcare specialists and pharmacists said the majority of cases they see are people coming in with are COVID-19 and Influenza A. Multiple school districts in deep East Texas cancelled classes this week due to flu outbreaks, including the Cushing and Shelbyville ISD’s. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are definitely having an uptick in it in the last several weeks,\u201d Family nurse practitioner at Hospitality ER Judson Lawerence said. \u201cOur numbers have increased in both flu and COVID. But the earlier you can come in get treatment the better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pharmacist at Louis Morgan, Shawn Sams, knows finding the right medicine to combat your symptoms can be a daunting task. Sams said if you have a wet cough, \u201cThis particular product is Mucinex, so it\u2019s going to help break up the chest congestion and it\u2019s also going to suppress the cough. So the idea is your cough less often, but when you do it, hopefully it\u2019s more productive and you can get that mucus out of your chest.\u201d<\/p>\n
If you have watery eyes and a runny nose, \u201cUse our antihistamine products are going to be things like XYZAL or Claritin, Zyrtec. Everybody knows Benadryl has been around forever. The Allegra is one that I prefer a lot because it lasts for 24 hours and doesn\u2019t cause a lot of drowsiness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wellness starts before symptoms surface, Hospitality ER\u2019s reminding East Texans to do their part to stop the spread of illnesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt goes back to the old common good hand-washing,\u201d Lawrence said. \u201cWipe down everything at your house, cover your mouth when you cough. Those are the things that we recommend to help prevent at home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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