Poor me

I have never had hay fever until last year - at least I thought it was hay fever. It must have been because I have the same symptoms again now.

My eyes are really sore and red and I can't stop sneezing.

Folk remedies please....................

(I have tried the drugs from the chemist and they don't work)

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Poor you, I have suffered for years, Antihistamanes don't work for me,
so I use Beconase nasal spray, it takes a day or two to kick in,I find it very good.

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I feel totally miserable - my kid sister used to get it and I felt for her. Now she doesn't have it. Why now I am older would it happen???

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Salt water sniffing can be very helpful and does not interfere with the body's chemical intelligence to the same extent that patented products do. People use a neti pot

https://www.shopholistic.co.uk/viewc...advert=newneti

Also another remedy is to eat local honey.

My son has had hay fever for years and both the above helped him when commercial products failed.

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Also just found this web page which looks interesting

http://www.medibee.co.uk/pollen-capsules.php

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Thanks for that - think I will try the local honey first

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Antihistamines don't agree with me either so I just treat the symptoms - nasal spray for the nose and eye drops for the eyes. 'Luckily' for me my hayfever is mainly brought on by trees so mainly a problem the first few weeks of Spring and then settles down a lot after that.

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Can't offer advice as I've never had it; perhaps an unusually heavy concentration of tree pollen this season that's overwhelmed your immune system?

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My SIL is a hayfever sufferer and someone told him years ago to dab some vaseline on his nostrils on bad days and that helps to trap the pollen. He says it does help a lot but doesn't cure it...

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I had it for one day quite a few years ago - my dietician friend told me to drink lots and lots of water... and that did the trick! Never had it again *touch wood*