FRIDAY, Aug. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As parents deal with the uncertainty surrounding school this year, allergies and asthma may not be top of their minds.
But even during a pandemic, parents of children with allergies and asthma need to consider the added risks their children may face, one allergist says.
Many school districts "are still trying to determine how kids will return to school this fall," said J. Allen Meadows, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
"The first priority is, of course, keeping children safe if they will be attending classes in person. As allergists, we need to examine not only how kids with allergies and asthma might be affected by the normal classroom risks, but how COVID-19 might also affect their health," he said in a college news release.
Meadows and fellow experts from the ACAAI offered some factors for parents of children with allergies and asthma to consider if their kids are returning to the classroom:
More information
There's more about managing allergies and asthma during the coronavirus pandemic at the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
SOURCE: American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, news release, July 28, 2020
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