I went on a walk today with a friend. Although the walk was good, what it did for my hayfever wasn’t.
My nose has been running like a river non stop and It feels like I’ve sneezed more today than ever. This made me wonder…
Does anyone here suffer?
What do you do to reduce any symptoms?
Someone recommended showering right before bed to get any pollen off the skin and out your hair. This seems to work quite well if you’re struggling to sleep with it.
Urgh, this year’s really bad, tablets aren’t helping much.
Shower to remove pollen, don’t dry clothes on the line as the pollen ends up on them (unless there’s a good breeze) and apparently a bit of Vaseline under your nostrils helps as it traps the pollen. Haven’t tried that one but some people swear it works
Yep, this year is really bad. Most years, I only mildly get it, so if I get it badly, then the pollen count has to be pretty high. Allergy tablets, lots of showers, and change the pillowcases and sheets every few days.
It’s something that’s developed for me over the past few years.
A mistake I often make is only taking allergy tablets when it’s a high count. I should probably take one each day of the grass pollen season regardless.
@Rat_au_van I never thought about hanging clothes out to wash. That’s something I’ll bare in mind.
I tend to only get effected when it’s relatively high like you @simonb but as you both say this years been a strong one!
Someone suggested nasal spays. Has anyone had any good results with those?
I’ve tried Vaseline once, didn’t find it that useful but I’ll give it another shot.
I’ve never had hay fever but I’ve worked with a lot of adults and children who have and the nasal spray always comes out on top, for working quickly and consistently, from their comments.
I’ve had hayfever since I was kid. It blows (pun intended)
I’ve got better management of it these days. I take daily cetirizine (cheap generics) same I do think the timing of taking a dose helps - I now take when I go to bed rather than when I wake up.
I also use Mometasone nasal spray (prescription) as it treats inflammation rather than allergy. I never had any luck with any other nasal spray, but this works, taken before bed. Gives a bit of a sore throat as you drift off mind, if you manage to get it down you throat.
The other thing I do is take ibuprofen if my nose does get too congested and sneezy which at least easies off some of the symptoms.
Using local honey is meant to be good for getting you better accustomed to the local pollens but I’ve not had much luck.
I did try cutting diary for a year and moved to goats milk. I would say this had a placebo effect but definitely for some of that time I was less sniffly… But my regime now has produced better, lasting results
I take loratidine when I haven’t lost the tablets… It always flares up on my commute around Twickenham so I assume they have some nice gardens around there