Hayfever

My body seems to go through a strange yearly illness cycle, beginning of spring right through until the end of summer is Hayfever time. I rememer when i was younger I never had hayfever but I was told it can affect people in 7 year cycles but I think this is an old wives tale as I have had mine for at least 10 years now. I tried tablets but they took long to take effect and then did little to ease the discomfort as well as not being able to drive while on most of them. I tried the natural way of simply washing my eyes out, blowing my nose etc to see if that helped but to no avail. And then I struck upon something that had been a part of my life for so ...  Read the complete review

Atishoo, my favourite word of half of spring, all of summer, the beginning of Autumn. Generally from March to October I suffer terrible hayfever. I am one of them unfortunate people, who not only have hayfever, but I have eczema and asthma too. All three tend to worsen each other, so when my hayfever is bad, I'm a wheezing walking rash. Its not pleasant. This is how I attempt to cope: To tackle my hayfever, I use a nasal spray called Flixonase which is the brand name for the drug, Fluticasone. This is a Corticosteroid, and is used widely in the prevention and relief of allergic rhinitis, allergies inside the nose, inflammation of the inside of the nose all ...  Read the complete review

I've heard and seen lots about hayfever and all of the usual adverts for tablets and drops that you get this time of year, but I've never suffered from it, and neither have my children. When my daughter complained to me that her eyes kept watering really badly, I kept my eye on her for a while before calling a doctor. She would put her make-up on and within half an hour, her eyes would stream and she'd keep wiping them. Initially, I thought it was because of our puppy because she's a bit intolerant to animal fur but she went away for a week and it was the same there. Then I thought it could be her make-up, maybe she had sensitive eyes, but when she wore no ...  Read the complete review

I have just recently started to suffer from hay fever and what a pain in the eyes it is. I always wake up with my eyes streaming and my nose so blocked up I cannot breathe through it at all. I have been taking Piriton allergy tablets every morning for the past three weeks (sometimes needing another tablet later on in the day). I am finding it quite an expensive allergy. I have tried the cheaper own brand versions (usually 70p for 7 tablets) but I find these ineffective and usually have to take three just to get me through the day. Therefore, to help save some money I have tried various other ways of reliving the symptoms. Itchy eyes (nightmare) I ...  Read the complete review

Hayfever - what a joy! In a country where we get very little sunshine, what could be better than an allergy that makes you feel like you've got a cold, constantly tired and hungover just when the sun finally decides to show its self!? And whats even better about hayfever is the fact that it creeps up on you. You can enjoy many summers symptom free (you may even secretly laugh at others who do suffer from this joyful ailment) then all of a sudden, as the flowers start to blossom, the nights get longer and brighter and the temperature starts to rise......you'll start to feel awful! For me the symptoms of hayfever have been just like ...  Read the complete review