To tumble dry the bedding (hay fever related)

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DS(10) has the worst hay fever he’s ever had this year. He already takes as much medication as he’s allowed. He also showers before bed to wash pollen off, and I keep the windows in his room closed during the day to try and minimise pollen getting in.
Just put his bedding in the washer and it occurred to me it might not be good to have it hanging outside all afternoon. Does anyone else tumble dry for this reason? Or am I being a bit silly It just seems crazy to use the dryer on a perfect sunny day!
Alternatively are there any other little things I could be doing to help him out?

YANBU. Tumble-dry it.

Two of my children have hayfever and one of them can get quite bad (the pollen also triggers his asthma).

Because of this, we tumble dry all their bedding, towels and clothes during pollen season. It does help.

I tumble dry bedding and a couple of towels and keep them separate to line dried things.

We tumble dry or hang everything inside all year round.

Taking probiotic(l-92) seems to have helped my ds with hay fever/eczema/general allergic symptoms.

No - it's a good idea.

Try Vaseline round the nostrils before he get’s outside.

I had terrible hay fever when pf and bf - place we lived before and place we live now I wasn't bad at all but GP and pharmacists instead there was nothing I could have. The Vaseline was surprisingly effective.

DS has asthma trigged by hayfever and colds.
Stupidly we never thought about drying his clothes and bedding in the tumble dryer and had been hanging them out. This spring we haven't, so far he hasn't had any bad episodes. It's the only thing we've done differently.

YANBU.

My son's hayfever is terrible, also on the maximum dose of prescribed meds. And He has eczema which is secondarily affected by the pollen spores. He's allergic to all pollen not just a specific one, pollen season is March to September, so I just tumble dry all year round. It's not ideal or good for the environment but it can't be helped.

I don’t hang any of DS’s stuff outside when hayfever season is underway. I read it on here a few years ago. Not sure if it makes any difference, but isn’t going to make it worse.

I quite often tumble dry bedding and always towels anyway, as I have limited line space for drying outside and I like them nice and soft. Add in the hayfever too and no, YADNBU

Thanks for the replies! Tumble dryer it is then I’m annoyed with myself now for not thinking of it sooner. He’s been really bad this week and I stupidly had all his school uniform in the line on Sunday. I bet that hasn’t helped.
Thanks for the extra tips too, I’ll try the Vaseline under his nose.

Can you do nasal irrigation too? It helps over time quite significantly.

I too tumble dry all year round due to allergies causing rhinitis and asthma

I’ve always been worried about wasps on my washing too as I suffer anaphylaxis

This year we’ve had dyson hepa fans in the house and they’ve really helped improve the air quality

Agree with everyone above - it makes a huge difference to me. We have also had a dyson hepa fan - one in the bedroom and one in the living room, and the difference is really noticeable. they are very, very expensive though.