Hay fever
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glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Mine started last night. Really annoying 😡
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Hmm - it is getting to that sort of time
I always stop taking antihistamines over winter because I prefer not to take drugs that I don't need
but I will have to start soon I suspect
Did go out yesterday and around fields and trees - and we have trees at the bottom of the garden - and not problem so far
Maybe it is working its way North
thanks for the warning!!
I always stop taking antihistamines over winter because I prefer not to take drugs that I don't need
but I will have to start soon I suspect
Did go out yesterday and around fields and trees - and we have trees at the bottom of the garden - and not problem so far
Maybe it is working its way North
thanks for the warning!!
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
It's usually hazel pollen in February, and now you start getting into bullace and blackthorn.
Am sneezing somewhat, but it's still not what I'd class as needing meds for. It's elderflower pollen (mid May) that really gets me.
Am sneezing somewhat, but it's still not what I'd class as needing meds for. It's elderflower pollen (mid May) that really gets me.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
I've been feeling the effects on and off for a while now. The blackthorn is in flower at the moment which is always a bad time.
KnittyNorah
Über Member
- Location
- The Frozen North (of England)
Tree pollen can start as early as mid-January, if the weather's right for it, so depending on the trees you react to, your hayfever can start then.
My hayfever usually starts the 2nd week in February - it did this year - and keeps going until end April/mid May.
If I nip it in the bud with a full week of anti-histamines right at the beginning, it usually stays mainly 'at bay' with on or two short flare-ups which I can deal with with a nasal spray. But if it's a bad flare-up I go back on the anti-histamines for another week. Not had to do that for a few years, though, and wearing a mask DEFINITELY helps when out and about in pollen-y areas.
My hayfever usually starts the 2nd week in February - it did this year - and keeps going until end April/mid May.
If I nip it in the bud with a full week of anti-histamines right at the beginning, it usually stays mainly 'at bay' with on or two short flare-ups which I can deal with with a nasal spray. But if it's a bad flare-up I go back on the anti-histamines for another week. Not had to do that for a few years, though, and wearing a mask DEFINITELY helps when out and about in pollen-y areas.
