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Do you think this would be asking too much

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ReallyTired · 10/05/2008 18:15

My son has been suffering really badly from hayfever to the extent that the school has wanted to send him home.

We give him piraton as soon as he gets up, but it wears off by the afternoon. I pick him up from after school club by which time he looks awful.

Do you think it would be fair to ask the school to give him a top up of piraton rather than sending him home? Has anyone's school done this? Would I need a GP's letter?

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FloridaKbear · 10/05/2008 18:17

try loratadine, piriton can make you drowsy.

I don't think schools are allowed to administer medicine and probably there is a maximum daily dose anyway, can't he have the max dose in the morning?

heronsfly · 10/05/2008 18:18

Our school will give prescribed medicines, We have fo sign a permission slip every day that it is needed,and it can only be given by the first aider on that day.

Saggarmakersbottomknocker · 10/05/2008 18:18

How old is he?

At our school we don't administer usually but we will keeo meds in the office and supervise whilst the child takes their own if they are old enough.

Otherwise could he have Clarityn (loratadine) which is once a day.

FloridaKbear · 10/05/2008 18:18

and every sympathy by the way, my DD suffers too at this time of year and sometimes can hardly see when she comes out of school if they have had games on the field.

LadyMuck · 10/05/2008 18:19

Well on the whiteboard is ds2's classroom is the list of boys who need piriton as an reminder to the teacher. Different schools have different rules I guess.

NotABanana · 10/05/2008 18:20

At our school we have to go to school to dose the child ourselves. Could you do that part way through the day?

Blandmum · 10/05/2008 18:25

There is a once a day formulation of one of the anti histamines

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ReallyTired · 10/05/2008 18:27

My son is six years old and he has 5ml of piraton in the morning. This is the maximum amount you can give in one dose. Part of the reason my son has piraton is that it also helps is ezcema.

I cannot go into the school as I work full time.

I will ask the school on Monday.

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Saggarmakersbottomknocker · 10/05/2008 18:29

Try loratidine syrup - I'm sure they can have it at 6.

Saggarmakersbottomknocker · 10/05/2008 18:31

Tis also good for excema. dd has it.

Clarityn

lazymumofteenagesons · 12/05/2008 13:40

clarytyn one-a-day or zirtek one-a-day both non-drowsy. Plus can also use a steroid nasal spray, such as Beconase, but I'm not sure of age on that.

christywhisty · 12/05/2008 15:37

My son gets lortradine on prescription, but his hayfever/rhinitis gave him chronic sinusitis

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ReallyTired · 12/05/2008 17:22

My son's hayfever makes him deaf, so I will try and see what our GP says.

Thank you for your posts.

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Rocky12 · 12/05/2008 17:32

I suffered from hay fever really badly and to be honest my parents just told me to put up with it.

There is just SO much around now. Not surprisingly my son now suffers and pitron makes a number of people sleepy so my GP recommended Clarityn. As the other posters say just take once a day. However if this doesnt work please perserve.

My husband was 40 plus before I forced him to a specialist for some tests. All summer he would sneeze and often had to hide inside because the pollen was so bad. One year our holiday in Italy was ruined because he started wheezing and his idea of making it go away was to spend the whole holiday in the hotel room (not great when you have a 6 month baby with you!). It cost £150 to see a consultant in hay fever and bingo. He was told to use Nasonex nasal spray (prescription only) and he hasnt looked back. e just uses it in the summer months as does my son. You have to use it every day to get the full effect. What is it about men who think they just have to put up with it.

Starmummy · 17/05/2008 17:41

My DS and I both have severe hayfever. He has been sent home from school on many occasssions unfrotunatly. His eyes are so badly affected that the white turns to looking like red jelly, clear but red, quite scary.

School did supervise him administering himself, after he/me/we were caught administering himself without informing the school, because they wouldnt do it.

He has tried everything and we have seen a specialist. I am not confident he will grow out of it as I havent. He used to wear sunglasses all day, it stops some pollen reaching the eyes. He also washes his face fully at every break to wash away the pollen and wears a hat to avoid it (the pollen) getting stuck in his hair, difficult with an active outside all the time boy. We used to manage the tiredness by having a power nap when he got home from school after a shower. For us Piriton does work best.

Final solution we moved to Dubai and neither of us have had it since!! In fact had forgotten all about it until reading this thread.

good luck

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