To keep DS off school with hay fever

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DS gets it bad. 2 years ago had to call 111 as he was struggling to breathe, they sent ambulance who took him to a&e as his throat was closing up. He's since moved from Primary to Secondary school. They are aware of his condition and history, however I'm getting real anxiety this morning, he is sounding like the beginning of his bad attack from 2 years ago. Have given 2 types of antihistamines to see if we can nip it in bud. His symptoms seem to be calming down. I just feel at high school with changing teachers there's no one to see if he is getting progressively worse during day, and they can't all know the health history of every child. Options are I trust all will be fine & he goes, He goes but I give him a note to show for every lesson, keep him home at least start of day, just say nope you're at home end of. I just feel like if I keep him off with hay fever I'll be one of those parents, given just how many sufferers there are.
Wibu to also ask for any top tips to help him? We already do honey every day, shower soon as he comes in, keep his window shut, keep hair short, try to get him to wear cap & shades when out. I'd love him to not play football but he'd try and play with 2 broken legs, is a total outdoorsy type.

I would send him, if he’s at high school then he’s surely old enough to know if he is getting worse and to speak to the school if that happens. I’m not even sure I would bother with a note.

Has he seen a dr about it? Does he have an inhaler?

Is he with his form tutor for am. & pm. register, if so maybe a note to them might help.

Is it local honey? That's what makes the difference. DD is a fellow sufferer and it's really made a difference to her.

I would not keep him home. It's best he goes and takes some responsibility fir how he feels. Is there a school nurse? He checks in with them if he feels unwell and only comes home if he is absolutely unable to continue. You do not want to set up a pattern of keeping him home for hayfever. He will need to learn to manage it himself. Only coming home if he absolutely had to.

Have you tried nasal irrigation? In conjunction with the other treatments of course.

He should also have an inhaler.

Send him but contact School. Explain the situation and ask them to inform all his teachers and the first aiders.

Have you been to the GP to discuss your concerns about his health?

Sounds like your doing everything you can for your ds.
I would personally keep him at home if he is as bad as you say...does he also suffer on a night time...probs. Any allergy can really wipe you out. If he's tired let him catch up on some sleep. If he's just snotty and grotty send him to school with hankies...tissues can make it worse.
Maybe worth getting a referral from your gp to see a consultant immunologist.
My dd suffered badly for what seemed like ever...although she had eczema, hayfever and allergic rhinitis and asthma. Consultant sorted her out right out. Neo Claritin was the best antihistamine..but she also was given nasal sprays, eye drops and steroids.
It does get better op

I feel his pain, has the gp prescribed anything? It is wirsebright now with the pollen bomb. The honey must be frommlocal hives to desensitise him to local pollen. Any old honey is useless.

Send him in. Give him the tools to notice when he needs help and make sure School are aware.

I get it’s hard but can’t keep them off just incase (I have a severe asthmatic so I do get the worry!)

Thanks all. He is staying home until morning break, to give chance for tablets to work. I will phone school shortly to explain & ask that they make his teachers aware. He was given steroid when he had to go to a&e but gp has refused to give him any on prescription. Might try for another appointment to review it all. & yes it is local honey, and we've had spells where that was enough, but unfortunately he seems to be getting worse as he gets older.

If you recognise he is deteriorating you need an urgent doctors appointment, do not send him to school

You seem to be making your own mind up about medication which can be dangerous, giving 2 different antihistamines is not the correct approach

Right now he needs professional attention, possibly a steroid nasal spray and almost certainly inhailers

It’s far harder to get unstable asthma and hay fever under control than prepare in advance

Please be the adult and help him before he ends up in hospital

I would send him, if he’s at high school then he’s surely old enough to know if he is getting worse and to speak to the school if that happens. I’m not even sure I would bother with a note

Speaking to anyone when your throat is closing and you cant breathe is actually not possible. That is the point.

I’d keep him off today and get a GP appointment to review this as a matter of urgency.

'Honey' wtf ?

Local honey does not actually help hay fever it's a myth.

I was kept off a few times with hayfever as a child as I wouldn't have been any use in school anyway. If I didn't work from home at the moment, I would be off work too (pregnant, so can't take the good meds that actually work!) as my brain is not working.

In your situation, yes, I'd keep him off school and get him to the GP. At one point I had antihistamine injections to allow me to do my GCSEs, there are plenty of strong options!

I think you shoild stop self medicating him and ask the GP for other medications. There are different options to treat hay frver. Desloratidine helps me but other pills don't work as well. There is other stuff too. I think you should make an sppointment asap if it's so bad.

Oh dear, sorry for the typo's

Keep him home today and get an emergency doctors appointment.

DS gets this. It's atopic asthma (he's not asthmatic but gets attack's due to his hay fever).

He takes fenafexadine and carries a blue inhaler which was prescribed after he was blue lighted to hospital during the last term at junior school.

Sometimes he has awful days but I don't keep him home from school or he'd miss loads of days between March and the summer break.

He's old enough to self medicate with his inhaler and tell an adult if he's too uncomfortable or worried, in fact I dropped him off early at school this morning to go to some sort of National athletics competition.

TER The op said herself his hay fever was calming down. Your scenario is a "what if".

Thank you again for helping me to crystallise my thoughts. Usually he takes 1 type of antihistamine but this morning he'd already taken it & I gave him the one the paramedic gave him when he was starting to not be able to speak. I have spent 20mins to get through to gp surgery for same day appt. waiting for a call back but in meantime I'm going to be writing down some of your advice in prep.

TER The op said herself his hay fever was calming down. Your scenario is a "what if".

Yes and speaking to explain things when your throat is closing and you can't breathe is not possible. That is still the point.

Which is why he speaks to him teachers and make them aware that he has hay fever. I think you are just being awkward for the sake of it.

I posted earlier but was in a rush so here are some points

He has breathing difficulties
Hay fever uncontrolled
YOU recognise he is becoming unstable and showing signs of asthma for which he has NO. Treatment
He ended up in A&E last time he was like this

Didn’t say before but I am a very severe sufferer and nurse trained to recognise these symptoms

Everyone of the things listed are red flags

Take care, I find sucking ice, ice lollies helpful when I’m like your son is now it soothes the airways nicely

Which is why he speaks to him teachers and make them aware that he has hay fever. I think you are just being awkward for the sake of it.

When it gets bad you can't speak to anyone!

You can't predict asthma and hayfever related symptoms. That is the problem. All of a sudden you are on the floor and unable to breathe. Explaining anything at that point - not going to happen. Which is why it is a killer.