Hay fever

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Who suffers with it and has it started to affect you already? i suffer and its started affecting me today! :(

[thedonal]

I've had a touch of it over the week- mostly my throat being well itchy.

I think a lot of trees throw their pollen out in April, before the main season starts.

[DMC]

Tell me about it. never used to suffer from it as a kid, but started about 5 years ago. I started about 2 weeks ago this year, feels like I got a constant cold, not good :(

[speedplay]

I get it quite bad when the rape is in full flower.
I get an injection once a year and it stops it completly :cool:.
The doctor didnt want to give it to me until I had tried every other option first though.

[cb5_keith]

I get it quite bad when the rape is in full flower.
I get an injection once a year and it stops it completly :cool:.
The doctor didnt want to give it to me until I had tried every other option first though.

I've had the injections when I had A levels and Uni exams, they're corticosteroids, if you get them every year they can give you real problems when you get older, especially if you need them again for different reasons etc.

They work amazingly, its unbelievable, no sneezing at all for around 8 months. Worth it if you have it very badly, and if you have exams or something serious in the year.

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I've had the injections when I had A levels and Uni exams, they're corticosteroids, if you get them every year they can give you real problems when you get older, especially if you need them again for different reasons etc.

They work amazingly, its unbelievable, no sneezing at all for around 8 months. Worth it if you have it very badly, and if you have exams or something serious in the year.


They didnt want to give them due to problems with brittle bones later in life.
I was given everything possible but none of them worked well enough.
My arguement was as I was on the tools as a Contract carpenter I was using power tools and doing a lot of roofing.
If i was sneezing and my eyes were streaming all the time, I was at more risk without it than I would be with it.

[RichT]

I get it quite bad when the rape is in full flower.
I get an injection once a year and it stops it completly :cool:.
The doctor didnt want to give it to me until I had tried every other option first though.

I used to do this, but the one they used to give me was a steriod and apparently your body gets used to it and they cause issues when you get older. I find Zyrtec works a treat though, so stick with that.

[cb5_keith]

They didnt want to give them due to problems with brittle bones later in life.
I was given everything possible but none of them worked well enough.
My arguement was as I was on the tools as a Contract carpenter I was using power tools and doing a lot of roofing.
If i was sneezing and my eyes were streaming all the time, I was at more risk without it than I would be with it.

Sounds like a good argument to me! I take crappy tablets now, may get the injection for the summer, but might just deal with it :mad:

[Ed]

Another sufferer reporting for duty. My eyes went so itchy today. Grrr. Usually a few eyedrops - over the counter stuff - fixes it. I don't get it near the sea, only here where we're miles from the briny.

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Sounds like a good argument to me! I take crappy tablets now, may get the injection for the summer, but might just deal with it :mad:

The stupid thing is that I never had it all the time I was living and working in north devon.
27 years with nothing.
I moved to Northampton and my first 12 months were house bashing in london and I started to get it then.
Eyes were only ok when I was scratching the hell out of them and my nose was constantly running.
Must have been the london air.

I'm the same if I visit now, 1 day in london and I have a week of hell after:(

Still, I have heard that hay fever can go as quickly as it comes.

Fingers crossed....

[cb5_keith]

The stupid thing is that I never had it all the time I was living and working in north devon.
27 years with nothing.
I moved to Northampton and my first 12 months were house bashing in london and I started to get it then.
Eyes were only ok when I was scratching the hell out of them and my nose was constantly running.
Must have been the london air.

I'm the same if I visit now, 1 day in london and I have a week of hell after:(

Still, I have heard that hay fever can go as quickly as it comes.

Fingers crossed....

I get even worse with dust, drives me mental. constantly hoovering and cleaning up dust from shelves etc. Yeah, fingers crossed :P can't see myself changing though!

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The best days for me if I havnt had the jab are enduro days....
Oakley goggles are a blessing in disguise:cool:

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I get even worse with dust, drives me mental. constantly hoovering and cleaning up dust from shelves etc. Yeah, fingers crossed :P can't see myself changing though!

Sometimes my tablets and nose spray doesnt work and not only that but i get the same as you affected by dust, trouble is im a part time cleaner at a school during the week so theres plenty there :(

[ogden]

I get it quite bad when the rape is in full flower.

I love the smell of rape!

[KeithCRM]

Mine started last week of Feb, has done for the last 5 years or so, and is just starting to ease off. Nobody believes you when there's still ice and snow about

Used to get it in the summer only but that's not too bad now :confused:

[Tara]

i started las month with itchy eyes the rest of the symptons will follow shortly i'm sure :rolleyes: i have started taking tablets and eye drops already although this year my symptons started later than usual

[the white rabbit]

although this year my symptons started later than usual

I actually thought a week ago, blimey I have got rid of it at last :D (it can just
go) and I also felt less dust/cat/dog/rest of population allergic.

But yesterday back with a vengence in the eyes department. Oh well, there we go. :rolleyes:

[Tara]

I actually thought a week ago, blimey I have got rid of it at last :D (it can just
go) and I also felt less dust/cat/dog/rest of population allergic.

But yesterday back with a vengence in the eyes department. Oh well, there we go. :rolleyes:
thats what happens just when you think you are getting over you it hits you

good luck with it, my eye drops seem to be doing the trick a the min and i haven't haven't started with an itchy throat yet but its only a matter of time

[Paws]

im suffering from it this year, its not fun :(

[600+]

I found that homeopathy helped a lot

[ogden]

I found that homeopathy helped a lot

I don't mean this in an insulting way, but are you retarded?

[johnnyrod]

People find different things help them, I was considering acupuncture but at the same time tried Beconase nasal spray. All the tablets basically damped the symptoms, often not very well, but this stuff actually stops it for me.

[wyrdness]

New Scientist reported on a solution for hay fever (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16872-masturbation-could-bring-hay-fever-relief-for-men.html) a couple of days ago.

[MCN_LiamM]

I suffer from it on and off.

I've not had it for a couple of summers now, but some times I get it really bad and sometimes I even get it in winter.

Get eye drops, nasal spray and tablets from the doctor

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I don't mean this in an insulting way, but are you retarded?


+1 theres no way I'd put my faith in some dried and ground dog sh*t.

[ogden]

+1 theres no way I'd put my faith in some dried and ground dog sh*t.

It's not even that potent.

By definition, homeopathic remedies contain absolutely no active ingredient whatsoever.

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new scientist reported on a solution for hay fever (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16872-masturbation-could-bring-hay-fever-relief-for-men.html) a couple of days ago.

lmfao!

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New Scientist reported on a solution for hay fever (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16872-masturbation-could-bring-hay-fever-relief-for-men.html) a couple of days ago.

Brilliant! so now I'll stop sneezing but be going blind :rolleyes: the plus side is my throttle arm will resemble popeyes forearm :help: