Anyone suffer from hayfever?????

[Devon]

Hi everyone. Just wondered if anyone out there suffers from hayfever or has any advice? I have never suffered from hayfever before in my life and am now on my third spring/summer in Adelaide without having it here before. For the last couple of weeks have been suffering really bad on the warmer days. This means I am restricted to the house with all the windows and doors closed on these lovely days
I've tried just about all the allergy products now and absolutely no difference. It's started getting embarrassing now as when I need to go out it looks like I'm crying and I can't stop sneezing!

[Libby1971]

I have just about every allergy known to man, I think.

Hayfever is a partciular speciality of mine...in the UK I took Zirtek. Here I was on Claramax but they stopped making it per se or rather rebranded it as Aerius. However, every few months I need about 5 days on steroids in order to bring things abck under control so I can cope. This is only during spring/ summer/ autumn.

When I saw one of the docs, he told me that Adelaide is the worst place in Aus for hayfever, asthma, eczema etc allergies. Great!!!!

[cormcvcr]

My OH suffers badly from hayfever as does my son to a lesser extent (cats is his thing!)

My OH has been using Zirtec which relieves things for a couple of hours but nothing major. He has been recommended to have fresh pineapple or the juice from it every day and also to put a small amount of vicks vaporub or vaseline just inside the nasal as seemingly this helps to catch the pollen before it reaches the nasal cavity.

So he was out to buy some this morning, I'll keep you posted as to the results.

[Devon]

Thank you for the posts Libby and Cornelia - thankfully other people can understand how I'm feeling! - although don't want anyone else to suffer as well - oh you know what I mean - it's effecting my brain now too
Will try the pineapple thing Cornelia so long as you promise that you're not just trying to get me on some healthy diet
Glad to see you both back from your hols safe and sound and Libby feeling more like you're now at home.

How was Queensland C?

[motlyman]

When in the UK i suffered terribly with it but been here 21 months now and dont get a thing weird or what. Whats stranger is my daughter has never had it, now gets it.Weirder
In the UK i used Beconaise nasal spray. It dried your nasal passages out and worked brilliantly for me for years. I have seen it here also.

Good luck

Colin

[Diane]

I have just about every allergy known to man, I think.

Hayfever is a partciular speciality of mine...in the UK I took Zirtek. Here I was on Claramax but they stopped making it per se or rather rebranded it as Aerius. However, every few months I need about 5 days on steroids in order to bring things abck under control so I can cope. This is only during spring/ summer/ autumn.

When I saw one of the docs, he told me that Adelaide is the worst place in Aus for hayfever, asthma, eczema etc allergies. Great!!!!

Was chatting to another soccer mum last year who had lived on the coast and her daughters suffered terrible asthma - moved to the hills (Athelstone) and there was an instant, long lasting improvement. Something to do with prevailing winds or something.

[Devon]

Thanks for your post Colin - I will try that one, thought I'd tried them all but not that yet! Does seem strange that you don't get it now and your daughter does as I say I've never suffered it before either
Diane you could be spot on about the wind as we're on a corner plot on the coast and sometimes it blows a gale in our back garden. I used to live on the coast near Exeter and on the coast in Spain and it didn't bother me - I suppose it's totally different here though

[Ellie]

Hi everyone. Just wondered if anyone out there suffers from hayfever or has any advice? I have never suffered from hayfever before in my life and am now on my third spring/summer in Adelaide without having it here before. For the last couple of weeks have been suffering really bad on the warmer days. This means I am restricted to the house with all the windows and doors closed on these lovely days
I've tried just about all the allergy products now and absolutely no difference. It's started getting embarrassing now as when I need to go out it looks like I'm crying and I can't stop sneezing!

My Son has had hayfever for years he was allergic to all pollens from April - November. When he was at school missed many days as he could open his eyes they were so swollen and he could hardly breathe. He tried Zirtec and Clarytin but nothing touched it. Finally he was given Levocetirizine Dihyd tablets (I've got the box so that I can spell it!) they are one a day and he has never looked back. He rarely needs his nasal spray but still occasionally uses the eye drops. But 100% better and the hayfever doesn't stop him doing anything. Not sure what the equivalent in Oz will be.

[Roo1]

In the UK I wasn't so bad but here in Adelaide (I live in HC) as soon as I get up my eyes, noew and back of throat are itchy.
Its also Mozzie season and I've had a few bites that have come up in big welts
I went to the chemist and they gave me Lorapaed. Its a peach flavoured liquid for kids and adults and its working a treat. The mozzie bites went down and a spoon of this every morning is calming things down.

Judi x

[Tracijbc]

In the UK I wasn't so bad but here in Adelaide (I live in HC) as soon as I get up my eyes, noew and back of throat are itchy.
Its also Mozzie season and I've had a few bites that have come up in big welts
I went to the chemist and they gave me Lorapaed. Its a peach flavoured liquid for kids and adults and its working a treat. The mozzie bites went down and a spoon of this every morning is calming things down.

Judi x

Thanks for that Judi, I got a really nasty bite last weekend and have been given antibiotics by my GP as it went all pussy (sorry!!) and swollen and I look like I have Leprosy on the back of my leg! Will get some of the peach flavoured stuff, as it sounds better than a summer of antibiotics!

My GP in the UK told me to eat Marmite every morning for a month before I went to India on holiday, as it would stop the mozzies wanting to taste me. I did eat the Marmite, but also went coated in DEET, so can't be sure what worked!!

I also have hayfever, and it's totally weird as I normally get it in May, so having it for the first time in Sept/Oct is very bizarre! When I first started sniffling, I thought it was a cold.....strange living upside down ain't it!

Traci x