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How do you cope with hay fever whilst at work?
If you work outside and suffer with hay fever then you have my sympathy. Luckily for me I've never been afflicted (although I have felt the affects from pollen when it's been at its height).
According to the NHS up to one in five people suffer from hay fever.
Symptoms of hay fever include:
- sneezing
- a runny nose
- itchy eyes
Read more about the symptoms of hay fever.
Causes of hay fever include:
- tree pollen, released during spring
- grass pollen, released during the end of spring and beginning of summer
- weed pollen, released any time from early spring to late autumn
What advice would you give to others about coping with hay fever? Do you have a remedy or trick you can share?
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Richard Thornton on -
Beconaise nasal spray! Stops nettles stinging too!
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Neal Barker @ Etesia uk on -
lol plenty of tablets
must say when i was working out in it all the time i was never that bad, but now i work were i am now i get it really bad
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Anthony @ JDC Maintenance on -
I used to suffer quite badly but a few years ago i took a course of herbal type pollen tablets that train the body not to over react to the pollen, by effectively having some in your system all the time. I was sceptical but i have to say it seems to of worked, while i was taking it the symptoms improved but not drasticly so, then the following year without using the tablets i suffered only mildly and just took some conventional hay fever tabs. Last year i dont recall it affecting me other than a couple of times i had itchy eyes but that was it!
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Ian @ Red Barrow East Sussex on -
Had a few allergy tests but can't seem to pin it down exactly.
Could be tree pollen or surrounding fields of rapeseed, but not sure.
As well as taking loratadine, I also put a lining of vaseline up my nose to trap the pollen which helps.
Trouble is, put too much on and it can look like you haven't wiped your nose properly.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by dom levy on -
I try and live with it - I find if im busy enough doing a task it does not bother me too much.
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Permalink Reply by John on -
Last year I took Pirenese for three months, one spray
in each nostril in the morning, it worked fine, but when
I stopped taking it, I had aching muscles and cramps for
a few days. Took it early this spring for a couple of weeks when
I was suffering quite badly, but made the mistake of mixing it with
a cough medicine on one day, and could hardly stand up in the garden
later that morning.
The chemist later warned me about taking certain cough medicines with
it, and gave me loratadine tablets instead. These made me feel sleepy,
so I now don't take anything, and strangely I have not had any symptoms
since then.
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Permalink Reply by David Benson on -
local honey is supposed to help the problem the only time i seem to suffer is if i am near a rape Field on a warm sunny day (not a lot of them lately)
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Permalink Reply by John on
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Yes local honey has been proven to help, as the local pollen is then
absorbed into your system preventing your immune system from
over reacting. This was apparently discovered in Australia when lots of
people in one area suddenly started to develop hay fever. I think (but I am not
100% about this) that the local honey had been replaced by honey from another
part of Australia.
David Benson said:local honey is supposed to help the problem the only time i seem to suffer is if i am near a rape Field on a warm sunny day (not a lot of them lately)
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Permalink Reply by Jez Young on -
I always have bulk packs of tissues in the van. Some days my nose is constantly running. I can`t exactly pin down the cause but I don`t find any tablets help.
I wear face masks when working with wood but Last year I came out in a rash all over after fitting some Iroko handrails as well as the usual itchy eyes and runny nose
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Permalink Reply by Rose Lennard on -
Steroid nasal spray revolutionised my husband's summers - suddenly he realised he hadn't a clue what was going on at Wimbledon because for once he didn't need to spend midsummer sitting in a darkened room! I have tree pollen allergy but found that nasal spray was giving me raised pressure in my eyes which is dangerous if you have glaucoma, so watch out for that, pharmacists don't usually think to ask. Loratadine helps a bit but the best thing for me is just knowing that it's an allergy, not a cold, so I don't worry about why I always seem to have a runny nose/ sore throat/ blocked ears in the Spring.
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Permalink Reply by ChaseLandscaping on -
I take prescription meds called cetirizine hydrochloride and they work great.
I have spring hayfever, which is tree pollen. I also have the rare condition of my hayfever making me allergic to any fruits from a spring flowering tree such as apples, cherrys, plums etc!!!!
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by andy@ Doughty Garden Maintenance on -
I have always suffered from hayfever, I am allergic to grass pollen so my bad time is end of may and most of june.
Over the years i have tried lots of different medications, but now Ceterizine is the one for me.
I did have a season on piriton syrup which i ended up just drinking from the bottle, but it made me a bit spaced out! I stopped taking that as i didn't think it was a very good idea driving the van and using machinery whilst being pharmaceutically enhanced!!
It annoys me because you would think that being exposed to the volume of pollen that i am (I live in the country too so it's not just from work) that my body would get used to it and realise that it is not a threat but no, every year I get the dreaded sneezes and itchy eyes, itchy throat, itchy ears etc etc.!
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