Hay fever.....

[Ton-up]

Its wet here today and I mean wet, but I've still got it bad. You'd think the pollen would get knocked to the ground but doesn't seem to work like that.
I've heard about the honey thing, I might try that!

 

[Migmac]

tried the honey thing, very local honey too. Didn't do anything for me. Even tried the red light treatment up my nose, made the kids laugh but that was all it did!

Air con wasn't common why I started suffering, so can't blame that. The only thing that did change dramatically was the the amount of nasal hair I grew. Maybe the pollen was getting trapped in that

 

[brightspark]

tried the honey thing, very local honey too. Didn't do anything for me. Even tried the red light treatment up my nose, made the kids laugh but that was all it did!

Air con wasn't common why I started suffering, so can't blame that. The only thing that did change dramatically was the the amount of nasal hair I grew. Maybe the pollen was getting trapped in that

get a battery operated cutter up your snotter and remove it then do your lugholes while your at it

 

[Wallace]

I started getting mild hay fever in my early 20's and found that if I could suppress the urge to sneeze the runny nose and itchy eyes was more tolerable. I've not had any trouble in 9 years since finding a cure but some might find it a bit extreme, chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant!

 

[Migmac]

get a battery operated cutter up your snotter and remove it then do your lugholes while your at it

How do you know I've got hairy lugs? Was it you last Saturday night in the pictures giving me sweet nothings

 

[rockweasel]

I had it bad as a kid. Eyelids would swell shut, lips swollen and itchy etc etc. I sort of grew out of it. Antihistamine would keep most of the symptoms from getting too bad. A couple of years ago while stacking hay (!) I took a bad reaction. Everything itched from the inside of my ears to my throat. I gurgled when I spoke. The wife threw a wet towel over my head at one point. "WTF did you do that for???" was my response. I could barely get enough air as it was without her DIY waterboarding. (She recently saw someone on telly with a DRY towel over their head leaning over a bowl of steaming something or other to clear a cold. "*THAT'S* what I was trying to do to you" she said.)

Turns out that I'd developed asthma. Lucky white heather.

 

[Migmac]

This is a new one to me, no idea if it works. Find the area marked with the black spot and apply pressure several times. It is meant to release the bodies own antihistamines

 

[outofthefire]

I've had hayfever since I was 7 and I turned 50 this year when I was a kid I'd play in the fields till my eyes were so swollen I could hardly see. I've tried most remedies herbal and prescription, I had even 9 injections a year for 3 years when I was a kid but nothing really worked particularly well. Two years ago I went to the Drs to see if there was anything new I could try and they prescribed fexofenadine, I take it all year round because I have some skin allergies as well it makes you drowsy but I take it about an hour before I go to bed and once I'm up the drowsiness has gone. I have had virtually no symptoms since I've been taking it and while I don't play in hay fields these days there's plenty of trees and fields round here and I definitely recommend it to fellow sufferers.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

View attachment 86502 This is a new one to me, no idea if it works. Find the area marked with the black spot and apply pressure several times. It is meant to release the bodies own antihistamines

When can you post your hand up?

 

[TechnicAl]

Ive a friend who lived round these parts for many a year but one day he decided to sell up and move to Lincolnshire. He got a beautiful bungalow with loads of bedrooms and a swimming pool for about half the price of his detached round here. He thought he had pulled a masterstroke until they got surrounded by oil seed rape. Hay Fever plus. He was sneezing constantly, his eyes were gunged up and all the rest.
He tried to move back but finances wouldnt allow so he put up with it for a few years. A couple of years ago he heard about this therapy where they can "cure" allergies. Im not 100% sure but I think they fill you full of whatever it is youre allergic to and your body eventually allows it.........whatever it is.........it worked
He still gets a bit but its not oil seed rape.......I cant remember what it is but its nowhere near as bad

 

[Migmac]

When can you post your hand up?

Tomorrow

 

[Hitch]

I usually suffer from tree pollens, so mine is out of the fairly early. I find the evenings and mornings are the worst...hayfever starts it, then general dust sets it off.
Usually a tablet and Beconase spray helps slightly, but this year i've been using Pirinase, which uses a different ingredient to the Beconase.
So far, its been the best i've used in years.

 

[roofman]

is all this hey fever malarky a modern age thing as i dont remember it as a kid...Are we becoming allergic to the natural world now were consumed in and by a plastic world Rather worried as it just seems normal now that every sod gets this every summer

 

[Normsthename]

I started to get Hay Fever from tree Pollen about 20 years ago aged 30 or so.
I had it really bad for a few years and then it stopped again!
Not had it bad now for 10 years or more (Touch Wood) very strange....

Andy

 

[octo0072000]

I've had hayfever since I was 7 and I turned 50 this year when I was a kid I'd play in the fields till my eyes were so swollen I could hardly see. I've tried most remedies herbal and prescription, I had even 9 injections a year for 3 years when I was a kid but nothing really worked particularly well. Two years ago I went to the Drs to see if there was anything new I could try and they prescribed fexofenadine, I take it all year round because I have some skin allergies as well it makes you drowsy but I take it about an hour before I go to bed and once I'm up the drowsiness has gone. I have had virtually no symptoms since I've been taking it and while I don't play in hay fields these days there's plenty of trees and fields round here and I definitely recommend it to fellow sufferers.

I take this all year round as well still get some mild symptoms from the dreaded oil seed rape