People with allergies accompanied by coughing and sneezing have been bullied by shoppers who think they are infected with the Coronavirus, causing them embarrassment and stress.
People with allergic rhinitis, told «Emirates Today», that they were bullied in shopping centers because of their sneezing when they were passing by the refrigerators, stressing that they are now suppressing coughing and sneezing in public places so as not to pursue them «corona stain» and subject to embarrassment and alienation by those around them. Doctors emphasized that not every person infected with coughing or sneezing is infected with the Corona virus, indicating that sneezing and coughing are sometimes the result of allergic rhinitis or as a result of moving from a cold place to hot or vice versa or inhaling dust, indicating that the suppression of sneezing or coughing may lead to pressure. On the eyes and ear, others should observe the symptoms of allergic people, and not be bullied or embarrassed when they experience frequent sneezing or coughing.
In detail, Muhammad Fadel, Youssef Al-Rai and Rashid Saeed said that they were bullied and embarrassed by shoppers in shopping centers as a result of repeated sneezing or coughing as they passed by the coolers in shopping centers and moved from a hot, humid place to a cold place, observing that some people started They look at them with negative looks.
They pointed out that some people asked them to go to hospitals for a corona examination, and others asked them to move away from them a distance that exceeded the distance specified in the social spacing, while others shouted about them with their hands as a kind of fear and anxiety of infection.
For his part, family medicine specialist, Dr. Adel Saeed Al-Sajwani explained that there are several reasons for frequent sneezing and coughing, including asthma, seasonal allergies, hay fever and allergic rhinitis, and some people develop it as a result of changing the season or because they pass from cold to hot and back, or because they are exposed to dust. Or conditioning, which leads to frequent sneezing and coughing, and this does not mean that they have "corona".
He explained that in all cases, you should wear a mask, cover your nose, and take care of physical distance, so that sneezing and coughing are safe and do not transmit infection to others, calling for not looking in a negative way for people with allergies and not being bullied or afraid of them.
The Infectious and Immunology pathologist, Director of the Medical Care Laboratory, Dr. Jihad Saadeh, stated that sneezing and coughing are a natural reaction to allergic rhinitis, and that they are due to sniffing dust or an environmental change from a cold place to a hot especially when passing next to the coolers in shopping centers, demanding not to bully those who Sneezing, coughing, or looking at it negatively.
Prof. Ahmed Falah Al-Amoush, a professor of applied sociology and criminology at the University of Sharjah, said that anyone who sneezes or coughs during shopping raises the fears of those around him, explaining that the release of the "corona stain" has become a societal phenomenon for everyone who sneezes or coughs as symptoms of the virus, Which may lead to harm to individuals and expose them to social bullying, pointing out that it should not be bullying with anyone who coughs or sneezes.
He pointed out that bullying or looking towards anyone who sneezed or coughed a negative view may expose their owner to legal accountability, because the law prohibits bullying or contempt for others, explaining that as long as the social spacing is applied in public areas and commercial centers and wearing a muzzle, there is no cause for concern or fear .
Drive out a foreign body
The Infectious and Immunology pathologist, Director of the Medical Care Laboratory, Dr. Jihad Saadeh, emphasized that coughing and sneezing are natural things in the human body, because they expel any foreign body that may enter from the nose and do not mean the presence of a virus, and there is no need to treat the person with allergies negatively, because it is a temporary condition End with mild heat in the place or body of the affected person, and muffling coughing or sneezing may lead to health problems.