A quarter of adults su er from seasonal allergy symptoms

BY STAFF REPORT COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

As spring temperatures arrive across the Front Range, allergists and immunologists at UCHealth

Cherry Creek Medical Center are prepared to help Coloradans who experience seasonal allergy symptoms.

“Once the weather starts warming up, we see an in ux of people come to the clinic because they begin to experience symptoms of seasonal allergies,” said Dr. Mohini Pathria, an allergist and immunologist at

Health

to work with a professional to organize my thoughts and feelings was a game-changer.

Since leaving Warren Village, I now own a home and possess the necessary resilience and coping

UCHealth Cherry Creek Medical Center. “Many of them want to know what they’re allergic to, and what can be done to make them feel better throughout the warmer months.” Congestion, sneezing, and itchy eyes, nose or throat are just a few common symptoms of seasonal allergies caused by pollen from trees, grasses and weeds. Typically, a quarter of adults will develop seasonal allergy symptoms between the months of March and October, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Pathria said patients nd some skills to prioritize other aspects of my life, such as decorating my new house and providing my daughter with quality possessions without relying on government aid. I consider myself lucky to continue receiving help from Pam through regular counseling sessions, and I will always be appreciative to Warren Village for facilitating this connection. success with over-the-counter remedies. However, allergen immunotherapy (allergy shots) is an e ective option to better control symptoms and formalize a care plan to improve their quality of life.

“ e goal of allergen immunotherapy is for people to develop an increased tolerance and decreased symptoms to what they are sensitized to that are triggering their symptoms,” Pathria said. “Over time, once their tolerance improves, they may be able to reduce or even stop their medications.”

Additional treatment options e recent pandemic has taken a toll on all of us, but particularly those who were already struggling with psychological issues.

Now, more than ever, it is crucial to prioritize your mental well-being.

So I urge all of us to take the time this month to focus on our mental health and well-being. It is not always easy to prioritize ourselves, but it is crucial to living a healthy and include nasal sprays, antihistamines, and prescription medications. Providers also perform skin prick testing or serum-speci c immunoglobulin (IgE) testing to help diagnose seasonal allergy triggers. ful lling life. Seek help now instead of potentially having problems compound over time.

Being part of a multidisciplinary health system, Cherry Creek Medical Center can help facilitate strong collaboration with other specialties to optimize patient care. Allergists and Immunologists like Pathria typically work closely with providers from ENT (ear, nose, and throat), rheumatology, dermatology, gastroenterology and pulmonology.

Let us remember that mental health is just as important as physical health, and work towards ending the stigma and ensuring that everyone has access to the care they need.

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At e Alley in downtown Littleton, you might nd a musician who’s so into the music, they’ll get up and dance on the bar.

When a local band surprises the crowd with a stellar performance that no one saw coming, “it just knocks people’s socks o ,” said Mary Riecks, e Alley’s bar manager and a Littleton-area native.

e watering hole on Main Street doubles as a music venue that nds and helps grow local talent — and the shows are free. It’s one of the bars in the metro Denver suburbs that o ers a window into up-and-coming homegrown performers amid a music scene that one longtime bar owner says is growing.

“Twenty years ago when I opened up the bar, there were a few bars around that had live music,” said Doug Jacobsen, owner of Jake’s Roadhouse in Arvada.

Since then, he’s noticed that “all of these di erent bars” now o er space for shows, said Jacobsen, who has friends who perform at spots around metro Denver.

“ ere’s a lot of great musicians here,” Jacobsen said.

Here’s a look at places o the beaten path where you can catch some lesser known — and sometimes famous — music artists in person.

‘Something for everyone’ Wild Goose Saloon in Parker o ers a bit of a di erent environment: It’s a bar but also a large event venue. ey’re both longtime musicians themselves — they perform in a band called Lola Black, garnered play on the radio and toured around the country — and have played Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre several times, Dellinger said. ey take their knowledge of the industry to running the Wild Goose, which was built around the concept of serving as a music venue and has a bigger stage, sound and lighting setup than most bars do, Dellinger said.

It aims to be “Colorado’s version of the Knitting Factory” — a unique, independent venue that hosts local and national artists, said Chris Dellinger, who serves as co-owner of Wild Goose Saloon with his wife.

It’s “kind of like every musician’s dream to own their own venue at some place and time, and we just ended up being able to pull it o ,” said Dellinger, who lives in Aurora.

After opening in July 2021, Wild Goose has hosted some large country artists and “some `80s artists that are still big,” Dellinger said. National pop-rock act American Authors is set to play there in late April.

“My motto always is, ‘If you don’t like the music one night, that’s OK — it’ll be completely di erent the next night or the next week,’” Dellinger said. “So we really try to have something for everyone here.”

His venue tries to get exposure for local talent by letting them open for national touring acts. For the audience, the typical admission cost for a national artist’s show at Wild Goose sits around $25 to $30, but local artists’ ticketed shows can cost as low as $10, and most of the local artists’ shows are free.

Dellinger and his wife have

“snuck in” a performance or two at Wild Goose, he said — they were set to play there in late April with the Texas Hippie Coalition, an American heavy metal band. Keeping classics alive

You might also see Jacobsen, a guitarist himself, playing with a band at Jake’s Roadhouse in the north metro area every now and then.

His bar started o ering live music “right away” after opening near the end of 2003. Sitting in east Arvada close to Denver and Westminster, the venue o ers mostly cover bands and blues, and on Wednesday nights, bluegrass is on tap. Sometimes, artists play original songs, but it’s rare, Jacobsen said.

“Our people come in to hang out, and most original bands don’t have four hours’ worth of original music,” Jacobsen said.

But playing covers at Jake’s Roadhouse is one way to get a new artist’s foot in the door in the local music scene.

“We have bands that come to us all the time that can’t get these other bars to give them a chance to play because they haven’t played anywhere before,” Jacobsen said. He added: “We’re not like that. I know a lot of musicians around town, and we will give a band a chance to play just on the word of a friend.”

He feels that live music is