RonManager Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 It's June and it's WAHHOOO!! - started for me. It's field WAHHOOO!!! grasses for me - what get's you going, how bad do you get it? Does anybody have any WAHHOOO!! interesting or imaginative aways to manage this WAHHOOO!! irritating annoyance, or know of any WAHHOOO!!! new wonder cure around on the market? WAHHOOOO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Mine started last month - the weekend when the world and his wife decided to mow their lawns at the first glimpse of sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 2 June, 2010 Author Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Mine started last month - the weekend when the world and his wife decided to mow their lawns at the first glimpse of sunshine. Do you know which types of pollen you are allergic to? Have you had a scratch test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Do you know which types of pollen you are allergic to? Have you had a scratch test? Nope but does seem to be really bad when people mow their lawns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Locally produced honey apparently cures it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey-deacons-left-nut Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 For pretty much my whole life (35 years) I have been plagued by hayfever. Badly. Not being able to go out, struggling to breath etc. Last year however it didn't seem as bad. This year there's been no sign of it. Normally it starts around mid May... I do know you can grow out of it, so i'm hoping that's the case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 2 June, 2010 Author Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Locally produced honey apparently cures it. Interesting. Any more detail to that snippet? Why locally? -does that imply that it won't work if you wander away from your local area? I get honey from a friend who keeps bees locally, but I don't eat it all that often. I shall up my intake and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 2 June, 2010 Author Share Posted 2 June, 2010 For pretty much my whole life (35 years) I have been plagued by hayfever. Badly. Not being able to go out, struggling to breath etc. Last year however it didn't seem as bad. This year there's been no sign of it. Normally it starts around mid May... I do know you can grow out of it, so i'm hoping that's the case! Have you moved recently? When I moved to Scotland in the 80s, I stopped getting it because the grasses I was allergic to did not grow up there in the volume required to set me off. Upon my return to the south in 2000, back it came, although for the first year back I had no problem - weird. Have you had a test to see what you are allergic to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey-deacons-left-nut Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Nope, nothing's changed. Tree polen is my weakness, and that's already about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_of_the_fittest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 I used to get it badly but in recent years it has been much better. When it picks up I take Ceterizene (spelling is bound to be wrong) tablets. They work really well - much better than a nasal spray or eye drops or anything like that. I recommend them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Benadryl (sp?) and Claritin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Benadryl usually does the trick for me, otherwise i'm a snivelling, sneezing, scratching, red-eyed wreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 I usually get hayfever from March right through 'till August, aren't I a lucky boy. I can cope with the sneezing & snivelling, it's the sore eyes that cause me misery, but so far this year I've not had eye-agony. As for medication: Loratidine tabs, sodium-cromaglycate drops & funisoloide nasal spray. If the eye-drops don't work I find that rapid rubbing followed by poking with something blunt offers a limited distraction from the soreness. :smt072 Bizarely, I always sneeze 3 at a time. :smt102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Interesting. Any more detail to that snippet? Why locally? -does that imply that it won't work if you wander away from your local area? I get honey from a friend who keeps bees locally, but I don't eat it all that often. I shall up my intake and see what happens. Something to do with local bees and the local pollen, get that inside of you and you build an immunity to the local pollen that would normally effect you. My eyes have been itching like **** for the last 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 2 June, 2010 Author Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Something to do with local bees and the local pollen, get that inside of you and you build an immunity to the local pollen that would normally effect you. My eyes have been itching like **** for the last 2 days. cheers fellow sufferer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettuce Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 I eat a tea spoon of local honey (which for me is Solihull) every morning, and that seems to help quite a bit. Used to get it really badly, getting worse as I got older but I tried the honey thing last year and this year and have seen a big improvement. Plus it tastes pretty nice too! Do bees take pollen from trees as well as flowers? If not, then it might not work for people allergic to tree pollen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 2 June, 2010 Author Share Posted 2 June, 2010 I eat a tea spoon of local honey (which for me is Solihull) every morning, and that seems to help quite a bit. Used to get it really badly, getting worse as I got older but I tried the honey thing last year and this year and have seen a big improvement. Plus it tastes pretty nice too! Do bees take pollen from trees as well as flowers? If not, then it might not work for people allergic to tree pollen. Not sure, I shall enquire of the person from whom I get the honey from. Her partner, who I work with, gets terrible hay fever from tree pollen in March/April/May and he eats loads of the stuff, so maybe they don't. I shall start the teaspoon honey diet tomorrow morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Can I buy 'local' honey in a supermarket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 2 June, 2010 Author Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Can I buy 'local' honey in a supermarket? Possibly, depends how enlightened they are. Do you have a local food shop or farmers market in your area? If not then Google it for local suppliers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 I feel really sorry for people with hayfeever. I don't (as yet) sufferfrom it but the mrs does, and it doesn't look good to suffer from. It seems like you're a partial prisoner in your home for 6 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gis Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 (edited) People say that infection with hookworm, generally caught when walking barefoot around latrines, is a cure all for hay fever and other allergies. http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/4/30/91945/8971 I'm sticking to Clarityn nyself Edited 2 June, 2010 by Gis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 yep, mine started in March / April time. Get it from tree pollen first and then the bloody grass has a go to. Have spoken to an alternative medicine woman at work and she has given me this program that works at "tapping out" on median points. Willing to give anything a go tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 2 June, 2010 Author Share Posted 2 June, 2010 yep, mine started in March / April time. Get it from tree pollen first and then the bloody grass has a go to. Have spoken to an alternative medicine woman at work and she has given me this program that works at "tapping out" on median points. Willing to give anything a go tbh Certainly be interested to hear how that works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Certainly be interested to hear how that works out. I will report back after giving it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 2 June, 2010 Author Share Posted 2 June, 2010 People say that infection with hookworm, generally caught when walking barefoot around latrines, is a cure all for hay fever and other allergies. http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/4/30/91945/8971 I'm sticking to Clarityn nyself I'll give the honey a go I think!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 It must be bloody annoying to have hayfever. It's certainly annoying for us that don't when someone nearby spends all sodding day sneezing at 120dB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 I've had mine for about two weeks, nothing too bad yet, but I get it chronic. :-( Clarityn for me works the best. IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Clarinase or Claritine. Never had Hayfever, nobody in the family ever had Hayfever. Son returned to Uni in the UK 4 years ago after being in Dubai 11 years, WAHOO, suffered all year around - your British air is TOXIC. I came back last week and WAHOO. My system is so used to dust and sand the pollen hit me and wham. Luckily I learnt about Clarinase from my old Scuba diving days and always carry it with me when I travel - one tab and gone. Works the same way for Winter runny nose colds and what we call A/C flu. Son on his first trip back home after Uni stocked up with a year's supply of Claritine and whoosh, gone. I have No idea if it is prescription only in the UK but worth checking it out, Clarinase is about 3.50 a packet here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mao Cap Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 I get the odd episode now, but it's improved a lot in the past couple of years. Benadryl always worked well for me, or failing that Clarityn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettuce Posted 2 June, 2010 Share Posted 2 June, 2010 Can I buy 'local' honey in a supermarket? I get my local honey at a local "National Trust" shop, maybe worth a try if there's anything like that near you. As for more "conventional" medicine, I find Piriton works best for me. They're quite strong and cause drowsiness - used to "knock me out" a bit when I first tried them but I think I'm used to them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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