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Beconaise nasal spray! Stops nettles stinging too!
lol plenty of tablets
must say when i was working out in it all the time i was never that bad, but now i work were i am now i get it really bad
I used to suffer quite badly but a few years ago i took a course of herbal type pollen tablets that train the body not to over react to the pollen, by effectively having some in your system all the time. I was sceptical but i have to say it seems to of worked, while i was taking it the symptoms improved but not drasticly so, then the following year without using the tablets i suffered only mildly and just took some conventional hay fever tabs. Last year i dont recall it affecting me other than a couple of times i had itchy eyes but that was it!
Had a few allergy tests but can't seem to pin it down exactly.
Could be tree pollen or surrounding fields of rapeseed, but not sure.
As well as taking loratadine, I also put a lining of vaseline up my nose to trap the pollen which helps.
Trouble is, put too much on and it can look like you haven't wiped your nose properly.
local honey is supposed to help the problem the only time i seem to suffer is if i am near a rape Field on a warm sunny day (not a lot of them lately)
I always have bulk packs of tissues in the van. Some days my nose is constantly running. I can`t exactly pin down the cause but I don`t find any tablets help.
I wear face masks when working with wood but Last year I came out in a rash all over after fitting some Iroko handrails as well as the usual itchy eyes and runny nose
Steroid nasal spray revolutionised my husband's summers - suddenly he realised he hadn't a clue what was going on at Wimbledon because for once he didn't need to spend midsummer sitting in a darkened room! I have tree pollen allergy but found that nasal spray was giving me raised pressure in my eyes which is dangerous if you have glaucoma, so watch out for that, pharmacists don't usually think to ask. Loratadine helps a bit but the best thing for me is just knowing that it's an allergy, not a cold, so I don't worry about why I always seem to have a runny nose/ sore throat/ blocked ears in the Spring.
I have spring hayfever, which is tree pollen. I also have the rare condition of my hayfever making me allergic to any fruits from a spring flowering tree such as apples, cherrys, plums etc!!!!
I have always suffered from hayfever, I am allergic to grass pollen so my bad time is end of may and most of june.
Over the years i have tried lots of different medications, but now Ceterizine is the one for me.
I did have a season on piriton syrup which i ended up just drinking from the bottle, but it made me a bit spaced out! I stopped taking that as i didn't think it was a very good idea driving the van and using machinery whilst being pharmaceutically enhanced!!
It annoys me because you would think that being exposed to the volume of pollen that i am (I live in the country too so it's not just from work) that my body would get used to it and realise that it is not a threat but no, every year I get the dreaded sneezes and itchy eyes, itchy throat, itchy ears etc etc.!
I worked for a company that made anti-histamines and learned that they all work best if you take them before you get symptoms. This is because they work by preventing the cells that release histamine which causes the symptoms of runny nose & watery eyes. Once Histamine has been released it's like closing Pandora's box - virtually impossible to prevent the symtoms.
It's not easy I know to remember before you need them but I've learned that if I start taking my tablets when the poppies start flowering I can prevent my hayfever symptoms altogether.
So its worth noting this year when your symptoms start and reminding yourself next year when to start your tablets. And if your hayfever hasn't started yet then start your tablets now anyway - too early is better than too late.
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