I'm sure I'm not the only one...but this year my hayfever is a lot, lot worse than it has been in recent years (I'd almost convinced myself it had almost gone!). I'm going camping in 3 weeks (yay!), however I'm really worried that being that close to the grass will be a nightmare. So a couple of questions...
1) Do people suffer worse being that close (it's been years since i've been camping in peak hayfever season)
2) Any secret methods for helping (I'm back on the tablets, but will be on eye drops and nasal spray by then!)
Any tips you have would be fantastic, as I am really worried - my hayfever is a complete nightmare at the moment and I can only imagine it's going to get worse in a tent ;(
Have you tried that herbal balm you put on around your nose? The idea is that is stops you from inhaling the pollen. My daughter uses it and her hayfever is so much better than it used to be.
I suffer from bad hay fever too but have just spent 4 days camping and didn't find that the symptoms were any worse than normal. I was really surprised, as I was in a field surrounded by long grass.
I use nasal spray and eye drops daily, rather than tablets. I also start taking them at the start of the hay fever season rather than leave it until I get symptoms as this helps to build up your resistance. If you're going camping in 3 weeks time I'd start taking them now, rather than leave it to a few days before hand. I also found that wearing sunglasses for most of the day helped.
I'm a postman and as you might imagine it is pretty bad driving around the country to rural areas.
In recent years I have been to the doctors to get nose spray, eye drops, strong make-you-feel-drowsy tablets, and managed OK, some days in particular were bad but couldn't do anything but get on with it. Last year a bought one of them lloyds pharmacy allergy reliever which I'm not sure that its working although I didn't feel the need to go to the doctors so I were beginning to think maybe my hay fever is going away. WRONG!!! this year must be my worst yet I'm sedated like a horse with the max the doctor can give and still struggling to see with my eyes watering and itching and always sneezing, its not good.
I am still to try that Haymax, like a balm you put on the end of your nose to collect some of the pollen stopping you inhaling the pollen the same as what spaceangel above mentioned.
Sorry for all the blaa blaa blaa but even with everything the doc has given me & the allergy reliever & yet to try Haymax there doesn't seem to but a cure. BUT!!! when I am away from home symptoms seem to disappear and its only when I come back that I have any trouble. Looks like the cure is go camping away from home for the troublesome pollen months (if only!!!)
My son really suffers badly with hayfever, he is on prescription anti histimes over the max dose for his age and he still suffers. He also has the eye drops as some days his eyes are nearly closed over .
BUT I have had a breakthrough , at the schools summer fete we had the local bee keepers selling their honey. I got some for him to try (teaspoon a day).
The results have been instant, his eyes are still irritated slightly but the running nose and sneezes have all but gone.
A good few others I know also bought some - all with the same happy results.
So if you are middlesex I have the number to call. At work they have the herfordshire honey mans number.
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Thanks for the responses guys - shall be doing all of them!
Shall def buy the cream (I used to have one years ago and until I saw this post had totally forgotten about it - no idea what the brand was but shall give this a go!).
Dozy - would love the Herts honeymans' number!!!
I'm prepared to pretty much do anything so thanks for the tips! Here's also hoping I'm not allergic to cornwall...at the moment I'm definitely allergic to herts and even the hotel room I'm in - in nottinghamshire!
Quote: Originally posted by fairfriend on 29/6/2009
Thanks for the responses guys - shall be doing all of them!
Shall def buy the cream (I used to have one years ago and until I saw this post had totally forgotten about it - no idea what the brand was but shall give this a go!).
Dozy - would love the Herts honeymans' number!!!
I'm prepared to pretty much do anything so thanks for the tips! Here's also hoping I'm not allergic to cornwall...at the moment I'm definitely allergic to herts and even the hotel room I'm in - in nottinghamshire!
I'm going back to work tomorrow - Boo Hoo, (we have been closed down for a week with 22 cases of swine flu).
I will speak to the lady who has it and get back on here with it.
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Life should not be measured by the amount of breaths we take but the moments that take your breath away.
Just been and got some of that hay max stuff and I almost missed it. it is so small, but the price....... although will be worth it if it does the trick. ill let you all know
I have found my hayfever is much worse this year so ive changed to piriton and i dont have symtoms now, but whilst on holiday i took an equivalent( to piriton ) that i got from the doc and was terrible so much so we had to cut our few days away down to 2 and came home early. When we got home i was on the real piriton and hey presto ime ok now (as much as can be expected lol) is it the tablets or the plasebo affect?
OH has tried everything last year and this year, thingy you stick up your nose from Lloyds, purifier by the bed, haymax, every make of tablets we've been able to find, eye drops, nasal sprays and nothing is working.
Before last year he had an injection which was fantastic but we changed GPs and this one refuses to give it because it's a steroid! Looks like he'll have to suffer
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