Summer Golf hayfever

ForeRight

Anybody any tips or remedies.

Last year I was crippled with hayfever while out playing. Eyes nearly swollen up at times.

Anyone else have this problem and if so how do you combat it.

The over the counter medicines didn't do much good for me.

Tommo 76

Hi,
I find that some over the counter medicines are better than others. For example, I previously used Clarityn, but over time found it less affective, and now use Cetrine / Zyrtec one a day. Also with these hayfever treatments I was advised it is important to take one daily as opposed to only take one after you get an attack. They are more aimed towards preventing rather than immediately curing the symptoms. You can also get an injection against it that is meant to last the summer, but don't know anymore about it. Also little things like avoiding pollenous areas and getting it on your hands from plants, bushes etc (In return rub your face / eyes / nose). Also perhaps things like sunglasses may help prevent pollen get in your eyes. Hope this helps and the above is only my own opinion not medical advice.

RikkFlair

Yeah its a nuisance, very difficult to putt when your nose is like a tap. I've had to do a Parnevik on a few occasions

Carpo86

I also get this very badly. I found sunglasses did help somewhat although I did have to take them off every time I actually hit a shot which did quite rather annoying after a while. The advice above to start taking your anti histamines before the hay fever actually starts is advice I've got on numerous occasions and advice I wished I heeded!

Miley Byrne

ForeRight wrote: »

Anybody any tips or remedies.

Last year I was crippled with hayfever while out playing. Eyes nearly swollen up at times.

Anyone else have this problem and if so how do you combat it.

The over the counter medicines didn't do much good for me.

There was someone talking about it on Newstalk last week and they said it helps if you rub some Vaseline inside your nostrils before you go out because a lot of the pollen etc will get trapped in it. Makes sense if you think about it I suppose

ForeRight

I might enquire about the injection so.

Cheers

Russman

Carpo86 wrote: »

I also get this very badly. I found sunglasses did help somewhat although I did have to take them off every time I actually hit a shot which did quite rather annoying after a while. The advice above to start taking your anti histamines before the hay fever actually starts is advice I've got on numerous occasions and advice I wished I heeded!

Maui Jim with the HT lens is your answer there, seriously.

I find the anti histamines are about the best solution. Although, now that I think about it, I didn't suffer as much as usual last year, despite the awesome weather, maybe it was because I had the sunglasses on most of the time, dunno.

dar_cool

I suffer terrible with this the last few years only, i found a combination of the sprays(eye and nose) and a tablet, go into the chemist, they are pretty good with advice regarding, i got it bad last year at the irish open, forgot all the medicine and had to leave early it was so bad, my eyes had swollen up and was constantly sneezing, was a nightmare!!!

ALBT

Avamys which is available by prescription has worked wonders for me. Its available OTC in Spain and half the price so picked up a couple of years worth on hols last year.

FixdePitchmark

There are solutions all have their pros and cons.

the easiest is to take cetrizine (10mg) every day. Only issue for some is this causes a dryness in eyes skin mouth.

The handiest option is injection. Only thing is this is a steroid and this has side effects.

So - depends how bad you are - some people are so bad they just have to have injection. Only thing is they do not know this is a steroid.

You could spend months with tests and doctors - some will end up sending you to take 10mg of something that is in every chemist in the world - but the secret as other have said is to preempt it rather than take when it hits. Too late for most.

Barnaboy

ForeRight wrote: »

I might enquire about the injection so.

Cheers

I'm a sufferer as well. I used to get the injection, a steroid. It worked wonders but about 3 years ago my GP said it was no longer on the market :mad:

Had to switch to prescription tablets. Can't remember the name of them though.

I fully endorse the vaseline suggestion as well. It does definitely help, as do the sunglasses. And also, get drugged up regularly every day during the season, even when (especially when) you are not suffering, prevention is better than cure.

iwillhtfu

Hay fever injection is no longer administered must have been abused by the musclemen as it contained steroids.

I find the sprays you can get very good. Also a hay fever tab called zyxel (I think) is very good but it's prescription only.

Tommo 76

I've heard of the vasoline tip too and it's meant to help, it attracts the pollen spores so they don't travel further up and cause irritation, also have heard of zytel zirtec, cetriz ( generic version of zirtec- spelled backwards) etc. best bet would be talk to the chemist and explain it, for me it was trial and error and even though clarityn they often reccommend when I said I didn't find it great it was no problem they recommended others, the generic versions are often good too, think the Cetrine is less than €10 for 30 days. As me and a few have said, I tend to take one daily anyway, usually in the morning ( not sure if it matters) so it's in my system during the day. Let us know how you get on.

razorblunt

ForeRight wrote: »

I might enquire about the injection so.

Cheers

Careful with this, it's a steroid and over use causes brittle bones. Saying that I took it when I was younger for 3 years and it was magic. Luckily I seem to have outgrown it now but tablets before heading out work as do sunglasses, I had to get used to wearing them while playing. Vaseline is handy also but I'd recommend a good clear out on the 10th tee, reapply and keep going.

The best tablets I used were Allereze+ thought these went on prescription years ago. I've used Boots and Piriton when the pollen count is high and they work great for me.

ProV

I have tried them all ! the only one that worked for me was Avamys nasal spray. You simply spray before bed each night and your covered for the next day, no side affects.
If there is a few days of rain forecast you can stop using and then re-commence the night before a High pollen count forecast.
You will need a prescription but it's well worth the trip to the Doc.