HAYFEVER - It's that time of year!!

[willy_warmer]

Originally Posted by rocking rooster

I use Beconase nasal spray which works OK for me most of the time. Also wear shades when out and about. Not only do you look cool but it stops squinting which opens up the nasal passages and lets more of that naughty pollen up your nose.
I did read somewhere that you can gradually grow out of hayfever as you get older, and I certainly don't suffer as much now as I used to some years ago.

Funny that,because I only started to suffer with it when I turned 50.But, someone told me that certain types of pollen are stronger now.Who knows?

[snowflake]

I grew up on a farm and never got it (although my brother did), I left to ply my trade and got it soon after; it is getting progressively better, but is still a pain. I heard on the Steve Wright show yesterday that some pollens attach themselves to diesel particles and are more virullent as a result.
Oddly enough, my bro now runs the farm and doesn't get it anymore - 'Go figure' .

[Roy]

I'm 41 in June and didn't get my 1st bout of hayfever till I waz 26.

Usually only get it for a day or so, however this year has been bad. Apparently its the beech pollen that has made it so ...

I do take Benadryl which seems to ease the symptons and only requires one mutha of a nose blow in the morning and then thats it.

Remember the ride to Denmark SF, there was a time just coming out of Germany where I had no HF at all. I prescribe a long ride on a harley, cures all known ills

[Big_john]

I have had it bad over the years and have ended up in hospital with asthma through it, but then a Dr asked.

Had I ever tried ACUPUNCTURE so I tried it and lo and behold after a few trips to the Chinese Dr it worked, so every year I now just go for a couple of times and just take a mild tablet and no problems

When I lived in the South of Spain I used to get it real bad and it was the olive trees, now I live in Galicia in the middle of a Eucalyptus forest and hardly get even a sniff

Oh and the vaseline tip is a real good one too.

[CrazyIvan]

Originally Posted by snowflake

I grew up on a farm and never got it (although my brother did), I left to ply my trade and got it soon after; it is getting progressively better, but is still a pain. I heard on the Steve Wright show yesterday that some pollens attach themselves to diesel particles and are more virullent as a result.
Oddly enough, my bro now runs the farm and doesn't get it anymore - 'Go figure' .

Stop listening to Steve Wright mate, that'll be a step in the right direction

And try one of the 'alternative' solutions, or acupuncture, you might be surprised