To be panicking about ds's hayfever

[Doubtfuldaphne]

I don't have any experience of hayfever and now my teenage ds has got it. Every day he looks as though he has two great black eyes - swollen, unable to open them, constantly watering and red.
He's been in tears as they sting so much.
He's sneezing a lot too.
He has been prescribed eye drops but that and piriton just doesn't seem to do anything.
Can anyone give me advice? Should I keep him off school? He's exhausted from it.

I sympathise as it's so horrible, been sneezing so much tonight and have a blocked nose. Alongside antihistamines I am finding that ginger is helping. I've got a juicer and I juice a big chunk of ginger in with my morning juice and I am much better throughout the day.

Puzzled by the avoid dairy advice - hay fever is an allergy to pollen, not dairy

Quite. I gave up dairy for a month years ago, when it was considered that it may help Crohns sufferers. It made no difference to my Crohns or my hayfever for that matter. And I REALLY, REALLY missed milk. I love it as much as a vegan hates it.

Fexofenadine is what works for me and DS.