Hayfever

[daffidazey]

What do you take to take care of your symptoms? I must have tried everything going but still really suffer. Has anybody had the injections? x

[chazza]

I've tried every medicine in the book and none of them worked for me! I've also had the injection and although it eased symptoms a bit, it didn't get rid of it completely, and the doctors are reluctant to prescribe it every year as they are steroid injections that can bring on diabetes etc. I've tried the herbal cures (propolis, local honey, lemon balm tea) but again, no luck. Next year I am going to try Grassex which is like a desensitising tablet rather than an antihistimine

I've been referred to the immunology clinic at my local hospital and am going to talk to them about getting desensitising injections for next year (it would be too late for this years season) and see what they can recommend in the short term for the rest of this season

[beejaybee]

My friends son was a very bad sufferer of hayfever. She took him to the local health shop & was recomended FEVERFEW. His hayfever was drastically improved.

[daffidazey]

Thanks both of you x

[China Doll]

I use a nasal spray and a tescos own brand tablet. I also nearly always wear sunglasses and this does seem to help too. That said, I've woken with quite itchy eyes today so if this continues I may need to get drops.

When I lived in Guildford I only needed the nasal spray and eye drops but since moving back to London I've had to take tablets too which has annoyed me but I suspect it's to do with levels of pollution.

If you live in the countryside, I've been told buying and eating honey made by local bees also helps.

[redcrx]

ive seen this recommended recently as having worked for a few sufferers. http://www.enjoymoresummer.com/Pages/Page.aspx ?PageName=LloydsAllergyReliefSpecialOffersNasa lReliever

Im lucky in that antihistamines work for me for most of time.

[chazza]

Ah there's one I haven't heard of - Feverfew! I must google it!

[sleepy1]

i have been really bad this year with hay fever ..ive took hayfever tablets and eye drops nothing seems to be working for me ...roll on the winter ;(

[Golf38]

I'm suffer real bad with said afflication, however thfollowing sorts me out:


10mg Ceterizine Hydrochloride daily (Zirtek)
Sodium Cromogulate Eye drops (Opticrom)
Beconase Nasal spray.

[daffidazey]

Thanks all. Have tried every tablet mentioned and am currently taking yet another anti histamine and eye drops but it's not helping at all. Oh well, soon be winter again x

[squidgster]

I'm a really bad sufferer too - but a combination of really dosing up on neoclarityn, beconoase nasal spray and sodium cromogulate eye drops, and having spent the past month stuck inside revising for exams means it hasn't affected my anywhere near as bad as normal yet this year.

In previous years I've only taken the tablets et al as and when I felt I needed to, but this year have made a big effort to stick to exactly what it suggests, and started early, in May.

Hope it eases off soon for you daffidazey - I sympathise greatly, as know how awful it is!

[chazza]

Aw Daffi I totally sympathise with you! Two weeks ago I had a particularly bad weekend and ended up taking 6 antihistimines (cetirizine) in one day and paracetamol every 4 hours and brufen every so often on top of that and I still felt rotten :-(

I think some people just cannot get relief from it no matter what they try! I'll let you know how I get on at the immunology clinic (2nd July)

[daffidazey]

Thanks squidgster! I have been taking my anthistimines, nasal spray and eye drops religiously for over a month but still no relief :(

Hope it goes well chazza. x

[chazza]

Well Daffi I'm starting on a course of desensitising tablets in October so that they'll have kicked in by next hay fever season.

I'll let you know how they go!