Hayfever - Rule It Not You! (Hayfever)

Member Name: Boppy

Product:	Hayfever
Date:	27/07/08 (144 review reads)
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Advantages: Medicines available to help symptoms!

Disadvantages: Not being able to thoroughly enjoy summer!

Hayfever has to be the worst thing about summer. I have suffered badly with it since I was tiny and was rushed to hospital when I was 3 due to it.

Over the counter medicines just do nothing for me so every year I have to toddle to the doctors a few times before finding the right thing, this year I seem to have a fallen lucky and have been prescribed something that actually seems to be working! It's called Fexofenadine, the only bad thing about it is it works during the day but often I wake up sneezing during the night and have yet to ask my doctor if I can up my dosage.

Symptoms vary from person to person, personally mine start around April time and finish October depending on the weather. My eyes are the first to start itching and at times I have wanted to scratch them out, then there's the bunged up nose, the constant sneezing and the itchy roof of the mouth. Hayfever heightens other allergies too and I become severely allergic to my dogs.

Although hayfever they often claim isn't genetic, my little boy also suffers from it, just the occasional sneeze though and constant runny nose and I am hoping it doesn't get worse. My dad also suffered for all of his life.

There's many different varieties of over the counter medicines available and although they don't work for me, others swear by them, you can pick up Boot's own medicine for a fraction of the price, last time I bought them I think it was around the £1 mark although I do believe they are in their 3 for 2 range. You get 7 tablets in most hayfever products and your supposed to take 1 a day as recommended.

Hayfever is something you can grow out of or into so anyone of any age can get this horrible illness. I try to not let it control my life although I do occasionally use it as an excuse not to do the gardening!

Not only are there the tablets available but there's also sprays and medicines. The sprays can taste disgusting if you swallow at the wrong time, practise makes perfect. The medicine's are also quite disgusting but anything to get rid of the symptoms!

I have also seen advertised a machine you stick up your nose daily and thats supposed to sort the symptoms out, I have yet to try it though.

Hayfever is terrible but it is just a part of a lot of peoples lives unfortunately, some 16 million people suffer in the UK alone, that's a lot of people!

One last thing is there is now an injection available thats supposed to help, I haven't enquired about this yet but research into it rates it highly.

Looks like the fight against hayfever is beginning!

Summary: There's 16 million people who suffer, you aren't alone!