Air pollution from wildfire smoke can make breathing difficult especially for young children, older adults, pregnant women and people with asthma or other respiratory conditions. It can also cause irritation to the eyes, nose, throat and lungs.
Does wildfire smoke make allergies worse?“If you have allergies on top of that, you’ve got two different things causing symptoms at the same time,” said Dr. Stokes Peebles, an allergy and pulmonary specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
An N95 mask can help block those particles for people especially prone to environmental allergens, Peebles said.Experts advise checking air quality alerts regularly., the EPA's website, allows people to track air quality by entering their ZIP codes. Many smartphones have apps that also track air quality.
“People know their bodies really well. If they see some changes they believe are related to bad air, perhaps they need to contact a physician or advanced practice provider,” Scott said. “Believe it or not, masking just like we did with Covid can be helpful in acting as a barrier between you and reduce the amount of particulate matter that you breathe in,” she said.
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