Key Findings

• For the past three weeks, the number of allergy diagnoses recorded by emergency departments has remained relatively stable (107 weekly diagnoses in week 26). This number represents less than 1% of total diagnoses. In week 26, 13 weekly allergy diagnoses were made by the SOS Médecins Meurthe-et-Moselle association. This activity accounts for less than 2% of the association’s overall activity.

• Over the past two weeks, the number of asthma diagnoses recorded by emergency departments has returned to its usual fluctuations, with 55 weekly diagnoses in week 26, representing less than 5% of total diagnoses. The SOS Médecins Meurthe-et-Moselle association’s asthma-related activity remains comparable to what is usually observed. In week 26, this activity accounted for 2% of the association’s total activity.

• According to the National Aerobiological Surveillance Network (RNSA), the allergy risk is moderate for grass pollen in the four departments of Lorraine.

• In week 26, the number of heat-related illness diagnoses recorded by emergency departments in Lorraine and the SOS Médecins Meurthe-et-Moselle association is on the rise: 41 weekly diagnoses by emergency departments and 5 weekly diagnoses by the SOS Médecins Meurthe-et-Moselle association. This activity represents less than 0.5% and less than 1%, respectively, of the total diagnoses for each of these facilities, which is comparable to what was observed during the same period in previous years.