Hay Fever

[Beth]

I dont suffer hayfever and I count myself very very lucky :) but I know a lot of people do and their lives are not pleasent in the summer months :(

here are some tips from the telly to help

~ put a little vasiline up up your nose, this catches the pollen before you breathe it all the way down, rember to wash your nose out and reaply though

~ wash your hair before you go to bed, the pollen catches in your hair and you can breathe it in during the night time

~ take your clothes off before you go into your bed room, again the pollen attaches to your clothes and can be breathed in during the night

~ have windows closed at night, warm nights that is, try to use a fan

~ wrap around sunglasses can stop the pollen getting in your eyes

~ speak to your pharamist or infact your GP for advice and medication

and finally, dont pretend you live on little house on the prairie and re in act the sceen of them running through the hay field! :D

any other ideas out there??

[Eeyore]

Thanks for the advice Beth, I thankfully don't suffer, but Mr Eeyore does, so badly that normally he has to go to the doctors for an injection :( That normally does the trick for the season

[zlate]

I used to get Hayfever, then all of a sudden it stopped when I was about 20, may have had something to do with the junk the MOD was forever pumping into us

S

[Eeyore]

LOL zlate :lol: pleased it's stopped for you.

Mr Eeyore was 28 before he first got it, he has mild asthma too, but it makes his athma really bad, poor lad :(

[Annabel]

Good tips, Beth.

One of my work colleagues has hayfever, I am convinced, she has been sneezing and sniffing for days, I keep telling her she needs anti histamines but she wont listen...she says she never had hayfever in the past so why has she got it now???

and thats the thing, it can come upon any of us...

antihistamines and nasal sprays from the pharmacist are excellent so no need to suffer unduly!

i have heard that sniffing saline solution up your nose will clear and pollen up there...

also if your bedroom windows have been open, you can spray water around the room with one of those fine plant mister sprays, as it will dampen down any allergens in the air. also you can do the same inside your car. at this time of year tree pollen is very bad and there is lots of rapeseed in the fields and that is very allergenic...