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Cold, Allergy or Sinus? How to Tell What Is Really Blocking Your Nose

Cold, Allergy or Sinus? How to Tell What Is Really Blocking Your Nose "Doctor, I have had a cold for three weeks." I hear this a lot, especially when the weather changes. And most of the time, it is not a cold at all. A cold, an allergy and a sinus infection can all give you a blocked nose, so people mix them up. The trouble is that each one needs a different approach.Taking the wrong medicine for weeks can leave you feeling worse. Fig 1.  How to Tell What Is Really Blocking Your Nose Why this matters A cold is caused by a virus and mostly clears on its own with rest and fluids. Allergic rhinitis is your body overreacting to dust, pollen, smoke or sudden weather change, so it keeps returning until the trigger is handled. Sinusitis happens when the sinus openings get blocked and mucus gets trapped. Antibiotics do not help colds or allergies, and even in sinusitis they are not always needed. This is one reason I ask people not to start a course from the ...
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Happy Dussehra! Dr Sanjeev Mohanty

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Happy Ayudha Pooja! Dr Sanjeev Mohanty

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Diwali Smoke and Your Throat, Nose and Ears: What I Tell My Patients Every Year

Every year, a week or two after Diwali, my clinic fills up with the same complaints. A cough that  refuses to leave. A throat that feels like sandpaper. A child who cannot hear properly after a night with  the crackers. Most people tell me, "Doctor, it is just the smoke, it will go." Sometimes it does.  Sometimes it does not, and that is exactly when it needs a proper look. fig 1. What I Tell My Patients Every Year What the smoke really does Cracker smoke, and the haze that hangs in the air long after, carries tiny particles and irritating gases.  Your nose and throat are the first filter, so they take the hit. When the lining gets irritated again and  again, it swells and makes extra mucus. That is why people end up with a blocked nose, scratchy  throat, post-nasal drip and a dry cough, all together. If you already have allergies, sinus trouble or  asthma, you will feel it sooner and harder. The ear problem nobody talks about A very loud cracker ...
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Gandhi Jayanti Inspiring a Kinder and More Peaceful India

Peace can feel like a large national dream, but it often begins with one small choice: a calmer reply, a fairer decision, a helping hand, a refusal to spread anger. Gandhi Jayanti gives India that gentle reminder every year. It is not only a day to remember Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. It is also a day to ask what truth and non-violence can look like in ordinary life, at home, on the road, in schools, in workplaces, and in public spaces. Let us take one step today towards a more peaceful and kinder India. Happy Gandhi Jayanti to you and your family. Peace begins in the places where daily life unfolds. Gandhi Jayanti is a reminder, not just a ritual On 2 October, India pauses to remember Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whose life helped shape the freedom movement through the force of truth, non-violence, self-discipline, and moral courage. The date appears on calendars, school boards, public messages, and community events. Many people attend prayer meetings, visit memorials, re...
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Weather Changing Again? Why Your Allergies Flare Up Every Time the Season Shifts

There's a particular kind of frustration in sneezing for the fifth time in an hour and having absolutely no cold to  blame it on. No fever, no body ache, nothing that quite qualifies as "sick" just an itchy nose, watery eyes,  and sneezing fits that seem to arrive out of nowhere every time the weather shifts.  Dr. Sanjeev Mohanty hears a version of this complaint constantly around seasonal transitions when  humidity rises, when dust levels shift, when temperatures swing between hot afternoons and cooler  evenings. This isn't a cold. It's allergic rhinitis, and it's one of the most common, most under-treated ENT  complaints there is. fig 1. Weather Changing Again? Why Your Allergies Flare Up Every Time the Season Shifts Why weather transitions specifically trigger it Your nasal lining is sensitive to change not just to specific allergens, but to shifts in humidity, temperature,  and airborne particles all at once. As seasons transition, mould spor...
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