allergies

[insurance]

I purchased a new suite 3 months ago, which I had sprayed by the manufacturer for stain protection.I have since had sore eyes, ear infections and irration in my nose.has anyone else had this problem ? it has not effected anyone else in the house.

[Ethel]

Could be - but I would have expected the effects to have worn off by now.

It certainly wouldn't cause ear infections - that is just coincidence.

But the time scale coincides with hay fever. Give it a while longer, and in the meantime get an antihistamine from your GP or chemist.

[Buenchico]

It could be a combination of hay fever and chemicals in the anti-stain coating.

There are plenty of things which don't irritate my eyes, throat and ears for most of the year (such as perfumes, deodorant sprays, chalk dust, etc) but which produce these symptoms for me during the hay fever season, even though the direct effects of the hay fever are hardly noticeable. It often appears that I've suddenly become allergic to lots of chemicals and odours when, in fact, all that has happened is that the pollen has caused almost unnoticeable irritation, which is suddenly made a thousand times worse by other substances.

Treating the hay fever (with antihistamine tablets) soon corrects the problems.

Chris

[insurance]

thanks for your replys.I have never suffered with hay fever before.but I will try the antihistamine tablets.