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What's Ailing You? Upper respiratory infection 4:02 PM

04:02 PM EDT on Wednesday, April 25, 2007

By WCNC Staff
E-mail Us: 6NEWS@WCNC.com

Each week our news partners at WCNC check with Carolinas HealthCare System and Presbyterian Healthcare to find out the most common conditions sending people to area doctors' offices and emergency rooms.

Presbyterian Healthcare:

Allergies

Asthma

Sinus infection

Upper respiratory infection

Strep

Gastrointestinal virus

Bronchitis

Carolinas HealthCare:

CMC Urgent Care Centers:

Sinusitis

Allergies

Viral Upper Respiratory Infections

Charlotte Medical Clinic (Dr. Michael Richardson):

Allergy season – lots of eye irritation this year.

Secondary sinus and bronchial infections

Above normal allergy activity – wheezing, I suspect this relates to the severity of the allergy season.

Poison Ivy – seems to be another bumper crop this year.

Last-minute college physicals. Very important to have those childhood vaccination records gathered and complete. You won’t get into a N.C. college without them.

Sporadic cases of gastroenteritis.