hay fever

paudy67

i find it quite ironic that i as a farmer have hay fever!

i have tried claritin tables but never found them much good, i always presumed they were made for city foke with hay fever and not for people in the blast site !

any other farmer have hay fever ? and if so anything you use work?

135man

I find Claritin quite good but I get hay fever quite bad when cutting hay as I'm allergic to Timothy grass but I usually wear a disposable face mask

rangler1

paudy67 wrote: »

i find it quite ironic that i as a farmer have hay fever!

i have tried claritin tables but never found them much good, i always presumed they were made for city foke with hay fever and not for people in the blast site !

any other farmer have hay fever ? and if so anything you use work?

Nasonex nasal spray works well for me, but it has to be on prescription

Oldtree

My mrs has aful problems with this and uses Claritin, but I am going to get her a bottle of Prevalin to try as recommended by Viewtodiefor here as it claims to work quick so she dosnt have to wait for relief until the tablets work.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=90461559&postcount=53
this
http://www.boots.ie/en/Prevalin-Allergy-140-doses_1209123/

Viewtodiefor

paudy67 wrote: »

i find it quite ironic that i as a farmer have hay fever!

i have tried claritin tables but never found them much good, i always presumed they were made for city foke with hay fever and not for people in the blast site !

any other farmer have hay fever ? and if so anything you use work?

Have it also use beconase nasal spray and opticrom eye drops and started prevalin spray this year it's natural and works well with the others so all 3 together I get little or no symptoms thank god. If I didn't use them I couldn't go outside the door!

bogman_bass

start taking Beconase of Fixinase (spelling?) in April before the symtoms start. I find tha along with zirteck quite good. If it get really bad or you are doing a job like cutting silage then go to the doctor for some Singulair. Its actually an asthsma treatment but it does a good job on hay-fever. I got a weeks course of sterroids to get me over the hump last year.

It's an awful dose. I feel your pain!

agriman27

I heard honey from your local area is good as it gives immunity to the local pollen

135man

Did anyone ever get the injection to stop hay fever

on the river

i use zirtek tablets which relieve the symptons somewhat.

avoidence is key. if you can shut your windows in your tractor and avoid peak times then it can be controlled.

Viewtodiefor

135man wrote: »

Did anyone ever get the injection to stop hay fever

No but thought about it . There are possible long term side affects which may only be slight but there non the less as it is a steroid treatment.

Viewtodiefor

agriman27 wrote: »

I heard honey from your local area is good as it gives immunity to the local pollen

Never tried it but doubts its any good.

MfMan

135man wrote: »

Did anyone ever get the injection to stop hay fever

Did when I was young - it controlled it for the season. As I've grown older, I've gotten out of it a fair bit. At night, during sleeping is when I suffer the worst. Sometimes I sleep with a nasal strip which is helpful; also, sleep in a different room from your daytime clothes is advised.

135man

Local doctor told me a few years ago that one side effect if you're young is that it will stunt your growth

Farrell

The injection is cortisone which can cause brittle bones.
Local honey is good, as is wearing sun glasses (stop eyes drying out).
I generally take hay & allergy tablets during April to build up resistance, then for pollen season smear nose with Vaseline, also dampen hair before bed to remove any pollen stuck to it.
Hover regularly, as pollen can live up to 3 months. There will be odd flare ups due to massive exposure

jp6470

Some years I get a tablet that's good,use it the next year again.dying,no good.
Honey in morning,Vaseline,sun glasses are essential.
Also have my bedroom, dark,cool and windows/door closed at all times.clothes left away and shower before I'd go enter it.perfect sleep and relieve

exercise is the antidote

Dying with hay fever here fecking thing!!

Sister laughed at me here today saying I must be the only farmer with hayfever!!

rangler1

exercise is the antidote wrote: »

Dying with hay fever here fecking thing!!

Sister laughed at me here today saying I must be the only farmer with hayfever!!

I wish you were:::(

jp6470

I've a 90 year old here,who thinks it's something I made up to get outa work.

exercise is the antidote

rangler1 wrote: »

I wish you were:::(

The ould man said he had it when he was young and he grew out of it.

Although that's probably to stop me heading in and leaving him to do the chores...

Viewtodiefor

exercise is the antidote wrote: »

Dying with hay fever here fecking thing!!

Sister laughed at me here today saying I must be the only farmer with hayfever!!

Take my advise buy beconase spray and prevalin spray use them in conjunction with each other and opticrom for the eyes I guarantee you that your hayfever will be nearly gone! I get it real bad and with these I can mow, rake , wrap with windows open. Unless its really headed grass then I pop a Claritin also

stack18

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

Take my advise buy beconase spray and prevalin spray use them in conjunction with each other and opticrom for the eyes I guarantee you that your hayfever will be nearly gone! I get it real bad and with these I can mow, rake , wrap with windows open. Unless its really headed grass then I pop a Claritin also

Are you mowing straight with all them hits!!!

dastardly00

As a hay fever suffer myself, I really feel for you guys since ye work on a farm.

My approach to combatting hay fever is similar enough to what a couple of other posters have mentioned. From around mid-April onwards I take Zirtek/Clarityn (not sure which as I have a generic version) along with Beconase nasal spray. They take a while to start working at their full effect so you shouldn't be waiting until you get symptoms.

I got the steroid injection twice when I was younger. It worked almost instantly and completely got rid of any symptoms. It lasted for a couple of years too. Doctors are very reluctant to use it these days though.