To be absolutely sick of DS non stop allergies

I've got this, Asthma too. Mine was diagnosed as Allergic Rhinitis, basically something making me sneeze, which in turn makes me blow my nose. Then is just continues. I have been prescribed Fluticasone propionate which does the trick. A blast up each nostril each morning.

God love him, this is absolutely exhausting and if you find it irritating just imagine how he feels.
However will someone so allergic, here's a few things that help

Wooden floors, blinds instead of curtains
Frequent bed changes
Pillow under the mattress to sleep
Less dairy and colours/ additives can be removed, skittles and frozen slushies for example used to drive me over edge
Frequent hoovering of all areas
Nasal sprays didn't work for me, so back to old fashioned Vicks in bowl of hot water with towel over head
Some nasal salt washes can be good
Visit to a good asthmatic doctor and allergist

"An Introduction to Tissues and Handkerchiefs" by @Mmhmmn

Revolutionary.

You sound awful op

he is the one going through this

And you are shouting at him and effectively bullying him…instead of getting proper help for him

Needs looking into, it's not right to be like this. Definitely go back to the doctor.
In the meantime some decent sized HEPA air purifiers might help. One for his bedroom and one for the main living space at least. They have other health benefits too (reduce impact of air pollution and reduce spread of airborne infections). Amazon basics do some well prices ones, also check out Smart Air. Avoid ones with ionisers or UV light.
Also if he would consider them a decent filtering mask rated ffp2 or FFP3 would help him. Or if not, try AER nasal filters.
Also try nasal guard gel - the science on that seems a bit thin but it's worth a try. I use it.
Good luck 🍀

Poor kid. Get him an ENT referral asap. He needs his mums sympathy not annoyance.

He obviously needs far more specialist expertise than he’s currently getting. Poor kid, my allergies are nowhere near as bad as his sound but when they are acting up it’s fucking miserable and exhausting just getting through the day.

I get that it’s frustrating for you too but he’s having a
far far harder time than you are so have a bit of goddamn sympathy.

I'm very allergic to lots of things with bad asthma and it's horrible. Managed to control it with fexofenadine which for me worked much better than other previous antihistamines (which made me drowsy).

However I found the thing that really sets it off is mould which the antihistamines don't work against and often exacerbates allergies for many people. Can you check your house is damp/mould free? I once lived with a boyfriend and had the worst allergies of my life at his, turned out there was a whole wall of mould hidden behind his wardrobe that we didn't realise till we moved house... so pulling furniture put and checking behind it. Especially in his bedroom.

Do you dust and hoover regularly and wash things like throws and soft furnishing covers? Double check all those things in his room and make sure he has anti allergy (non feather) bedding and a mattress which isn't decades old. You could try an air purifier in his room as well if he's that bad.

I'm not saying your cleaning isn't up to scratch btw just saying it takes double effort when you have allergies...

Anyway start there and maybe also take him back to the doctor as doesn't sound like his symptoms are under control.

Has he tried applying vaseline to the inside & outside of his nostrils? I believe ii prevents dust and pollen from entering. Might help?

@Purrdy that fenfox stuff made me so much worse, I stopped taking any antihistamines for a while to get them out of my system and went back to half a loratadine a day. Much better! Perhaps you could ask the GP if he could have a couple of weeks to reset and then try a different tablet at minimum dose? This time of year it is generally mould and spores. Too much dusting might also be an issue if dust is floating around?

Poor kid. Make sure he’s got constant supply of pocket tissues or hankie so he can sneeze into them. And boxes of tissues around the house. Hope some allergy testing uncovers the problem and he can get some medical relief from it.

Me too - fellow sufferer here.

My DP had very bad hay fever as a child. He swears by dried wheatgrass, you can buy the powder online and mix it into drinks to make it easier to swallow.
Worth a try.

He obviously needs to be seen by a specialist - have you organised that instead moaning about it?

For now, I would buy a Nettie pot nasal rinse kit and get him to do that morning and night and see if that makes any difference

You need to find a naturopathic practitioner who offers NAET treatment.

Suppressing sneezes is actually really bad for you. Please do not ask your son to do this, the poor child is suffering with his health on a daily basis, being low level bullied for it and getting in the ear at home for being annoying, he doesn't need to add possibly rupturing an eardrum or damaging blood vessels into the mix.

Did you not read the OP's post? Beconase and mometasone are steroids!
I'd echo the PP - ENT referral & also try eliminating dairy - it reduces the congestion and that's likely causing the sneezing as it's so irritant to the nasal passages. Good luck!

Perfume or washing detergent would be my next elimination. Even spray deodorant makes me poorly.

Poor kid.
He needs a referral.
This is beyond the scope of a gp visit.

Ds had something similar. The consultant put him on a very long course of antibiotics for what turned out to be a chronic sinus infection. He has allergies too but the allergy treatments only made a difference after the sinus infection (which wasn't obvious at all) cleared up.

I know sniffing is annoying but I feel soooo sorry for him. I have some days of bad hay-fever and also take 180 fexodenadine and on those days it does not touch the sides so no wonder it's not helping.

I do use vicks sinus soother and that does unblock my nose even on the worse days.

I agree he needs more specialist help. Can he have the hayfever injection?

1. Nasal washouts with neil med or similar at least twice a day
2. Steroid nasal spray taken immediately after 1 so they are acting on clean nasal passages. If mometasone and beconase have been ineffective, consider avamys, flixonase or dymista
3. continue antihistamine, make sure he takes his asthma inhalers religiously
4. cromoglycate eye drops can also sometimes help with allergic nasal symptoms
5. Ask your GP for montelukast
6. ENT referral - consider private if you can afford it for speed

I’ve had allergies since early teen years. You can’t just stay on the same antihistamine. Every so often you need to switch it up. I don’t live in the UK so I can’t help with brand names, sorry.

And please get a referral for a ENT. The poor boy can’t go on like this with everyone treating him so badly.

He needs a referral to ENT not an allergy clinic as rhinitis is often non-allergic and ENT can carry out allergy tests anyway. It's not unreasonable to ask GP to prescribe a nasal spray in the interim, fluticasone is in short supply at the moment it seems but mometasone would be analterative - ENT would prescribe these anyway and if they're not going to work then it's one step taken before you get to them. As previous people gave suggested, a sinus rinse before the spray is preferential.

To be clear, what I mentioned isn't an allergy but an immune system malfunction.

Ask ENT consultant if he has AERD (aka Samter's Triad) or chronic rhino sinusitis with polyps and asthma. It's not often known about by non ENT specialists but is a real thing and sufferers have a poor quality of life as a result. Your poor son.