Hayfever glasses

[iamnatalia83]

Daughter 11 struggling lately with itchy and watery eyes. She has the drops and antihistamines etc... Struggling in class as Teacher opens the windows from time to time.
Wondering about hayfever glasses? (mentioned by her teacher) They have a shield at the side to trap pollen. Anyone else tried these?

Just to note she is a none glasses wearer, but you can still get them for kids and adults!

Which drops is she using?
She could also sit away from the window.
glasses would need to be goggle type to exclude the allergen, otherwise it could potentially trap it inside.

Which drops and which anti histamine?

As a glasses wearer, from a family of glasses wearers with hayfever, they make no difference.

what is she taking to ease the symptoms?

ds ended up taking fexofenadine (you can get this in supermarkets, not just chemists), montelukast (his usual asthma dose was increased), and having murine eye drops ( cheapest in home bargains) and a beconase nasal spray (from the pharmacist scheme) to sort his symptoms out.

i can’t see the glasses working, especially if she’s not used to wearing glasses. The pollen gets on your clothes, hair, eyebrows, up your nose etc.

our local pharmacist was really helpful in getting ds sorted. He started his regime last week as his symptoms normally kick off mid-may.

Another one asking which meds.

For me, the best things for hayfever are:

1. Totally reliable meds usage
2. Daily rinsing of hair and face once you come in from outside.
3. I have thought wraparound sunglasses helped marginally.

I’ve not heard of these, but as a hayfever sufferer I sometimes wear wraparound sunglasses and they absolutely help reduce the itching in my eyes. So presumably these are the same idea.

I have much sympathy for your daughter, the itchy eyes are the worst! I find an eye bath very helpful too. Also wash hair every day when it’s bad, don’t hang bedsheets outside.

This is what I mean btw

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The hayfever drops from Boots, sodium chromoglicate or something like that

@Ineffable23

Good to know re wraparound glasses

Thanks. Just thinking of everything. She just gets swollen itchy eyes even though on drops and two half tablets of piriteze a day...

Thanks everyone for your feedback by the way it's all really useful to see everyone's points. Maybe they might help a bit but not majorly help. She seems to say it improved with her sunglasses on but been wearing in class which is what prompted teacher to suggest the wrap ones.

Try a different antihistamine to the Piriteze. Different ones work better for different people.

i find Fexofenadine much better. I take them all year round now as I’m even allergic to stuff like Christmas trees etc. I take every night. Then the eye drops every day too.

Unfortunately the best way to manage itchy eyes is to start treatment 2 weeks before symptoms start.

If you know when it started this year, then make a note in the diary for 2 weeks ahead of time next year, always allowing for a warm or cold season which may change timings.

For antihistamines Fexofenadine really is the best. And there is no need for expensive branded antihistamines like Piriteze, the unbranded versions are the same and a lot cheaper.

My hayfever is nowhere near as bad as ds. i find cetirizine much better than loratidine.

Different things work for different people and you’re already on the back foot. I really would speak to your local pharmacist, they are fantastic!

Glasses help me by stopping me itching and possibly marginally reducing pollen.
Do everything and start a couple of weeks before the season so tablets, drops, spray, changing clothes, hand and face washing etc

Another saying Fexofenadine much better than piriteze. But you could also try loratidine as I prefer it to cetirizine (which is the same as piriteze) so I think which is best is a trial and error thing.

Otrivine antistan (not sure if spelling sorry) eye drops are the best ime. I was advised to use them by a lovely Aussie pharmacist (had been using sodium cromoglicate and struggling). She said "they sting like a bastard when you first put them in and you'll hate me, but trust me after less than 10 minutes you'll love me again". She was absolutely right

Ask your Gp to prescribe olopatadine drops - they’re a combination of mast cell stabiliser and an antihistamine. They only need to be applied twice a day and act as a preventative and treatment med.