Swollen itchy red eyes, does anyone have this, what do you do for relief?

[ifaistos]

Every year when I come to visit my mum I get swollen, itchy, red eyes that last as long as I'm here and stop as soon as I go back home (different country). They're also covered in gunk in the mornings.

Does anyone have this problem? What do you do for relief? I'm finding the itching unbearable and I look scary.

[iMemoo]

Antihistamines

[TwoAndaHalfNeurons]

You need an antihistamine. Are there birch trees where your ma lives?

[youarekidding]

agree antihistamines and wrap around sunglasses if its a sunny place.

Allergy relief eyedrops can help too.

[ifaistos]

Ok, antihistamine it is then. What normally gets prescribed in UK? Is it something like zyrtec? I'll go to a doctor here but I prefer to know what the treatment is in the UK, because doctor's here are a bit prescription-happy and can go overboard sometimes. The times I've been to the pharmacy for it here I always get given eye drops with some cortisone. Is that what you mean by allergy relief eyedrops youarekidding?

[kingprawntikka]

Yes you need something like zirtec, or a beconase nasal spray. Some otrivine antistin eye drops as well.

[ifaistos]

twoandahalf - no birch trees. Plane, eucalyptus and seville orange trees, and dust.

[ifaistos]

I'm bfing so can't take antihistamines apparently. Great. Is there anything else that might soothe my eyes, even if it's just very temporary relief?

[lubeybooby]

Try optrex itchy eye drops or if the gunk in the morning is yellow or green at all go to a pharmacy and say you have conjunctivitis, and get the antibiotic eyedrops or goldeneye cream

[menagerie]

There is an antihistamine eye drops solution. Is that OK while you're BFing? You can buy it at Boots - forget the make, probably Optrex.

[Al1son]

You need Sodium cromoglicate eye drops which are sometimes called Haycrom I think.