Doctors urge Victorians NOT to attribute spring wheezing to hay fever

Doctors are urging Victorians not to write off coughing and shortness of breath as hayfever.

“That’s not hayfever,” respiratory physician at Alfred Health, Associate Professor Eli Dabscheck told Ross and Russel.

He says anyone experiencing shortness of breath and persistent cough in spring should visit their doctor.

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