So DH has extreme congestion (think snorty breathing - poor description but you know what I mean) and little patches of red hives across his arms. He's had an antihistamine (benadryl) this morning and last night, but it doesn't seem to be shifting this. He was very, very congested and blocked up last night, but seems marginally better today. He does not seem ill, his 'whoop' scores are fine, resting heart rate on Garmin fine, blood sugars (he is T1D) fine, no temp not even a minor one (temp is 36.5), no sore throat, aches, pains or cough. All these things normally give an indication when he is sickening for or has something.
He was out in the garden all weekend and Friday evening; mowing the lawns, digging all sorts, heaving out bamboo roots, shifting the most enormous amount of bark chipping and the list goes on. We moved at the end of Jan and the jungle garden needs sorting so he has cracked on. He has then walked to and from the station on his commute to work (approx 1 mile each way) so potentially more pollen exposure.
Given his total refusal to speak to the GP as he would be 'wasting time' does this sound reasonable to be caused by allergen exposure/extreme hay fever? Especially as we moved from a flat so this is all new exposure in the garden