Re: Hay fever+ biking..
 

I haven't taken anything yet this year. I always used to but this year I hadn't had any signs of hay fever until a few days a go, then bam!

Re: Hay fever+ biking..
 

Ive only had to take one tab so far this year and that wasn't even on the bike...it was whilst cooking on the barbi that i started sneezing.
knowing snot flauvered burgers are not gonna be good i ran inside and popped a pil.

Ive had a sneeze attack whilst riding the bike before and found that pushing the front/tip of my tongue hard against the back of my front teeth and roof of my mouth suppresed the need to sneeze for a while. No idea how or why that works, it just did for me :)

Re: Hay fever+ biking..
 

I got some strange looks sneezing away at traffic lights. Dad found it hilarious too :(

Re: Hay fever+ biking..
 

yeah that is true i get mine from my doctor and he advises me to take them daily as winter ends

Re: Hay fever+ biking..
 

I used to use the Tesco brand of Beconase, a lot cheaper. But, I have to say that since riding for only 3yrs, this year I have had 1 or 2 moments in the evenings, but no where near what I used to get.
I used to have the whole lot, from March through to July and if it was humid, I didnt even bother going out with or without beconase!

Re: Hay fever+ biking..
 

:laughat: Appropriate forum name for this tread

Re: Hay fever+ biking..
 

I use Flixonase nasal spray, Tesco one a day tablets (cetirizine hydrochloride stuff) and Tesco eye drops. Makes things a lot better but not 100%. Yesterday I did a run in the gym in the evening and spent all of last night wheezing with my asthma, thought I was going to die from not getting enough breath in during the night :reaper:, not cool :shock:

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Cetirizine here.
Seems to keep mine under control. You're meant to use it everyday to help build a resistance to the allergen though.

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I used to get it really bad every year without fail, eyes swollen and streaming, the lot. When i was younger could barely see when it was bad as eyes were swollen so much with scratching.

Then few years back i tried one of those homeopathic remedies from the tree-hugger shop. Dont know why as i'm not remotely into that sort if thing but someone said to give it a try. Never had hayfever since!

Just get cat allergy instead which is great as we have 2 cats.

Re: Hay fever+ biking..
 

Yep...got it bad.

Worse this year than usual.
No sneezing, usually head congestion, but this year both head and chest congestion.

I take "Claritin D". Usually does the job but just working OK right now.
Zyrtec works better but after about half a day makes me feel really tired.


Fortunately.... riding makes my symptoms better!!!! :riding:
I ride high in the mountains and apparently whatever I'm allergic to doesn't grow at those altitudes.
Get all better when I ride and usually lasts up to 12 hours after I get home. :D



Then the hay fever takes over again. :(