Help with suspected allergic conjunctivitis please

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I’ve been suffering with what doctors suspect is allergic conjunctivitis for almost two months now. I get allergy symptoms (itchy and watery eyes, itchy throat and runny nose) all year round but it’s usually very mild and an antihistamine sorts it out. This time round is awful. It usually lasts no more than a few days with the last major flare up back in 2015. My eyes are constantly watery, itchy and swollen. I spend all day taking antihistamine tables and eye drops but nothing helps. Moorfields said it’s likely allergic conjunctivitis and gave me steroid drops which made things worse so I stopped those. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to stop the suffering? I’ve bought an air purifier and vacuum regularly as I read it might be a dust mite allergy? I’m going to buy new bedding in case it is that. I’m stressed as my eyes are in constant agony and feel so tender from the itching and I have no idea what is causing it. It all started when a family member bought a real Xmas tree and it turned out I was allergic to it. Tree is long gone but symptoms are still there. I’m desperate and will try anything

Hi there, I sympathise as my daughter is going through this at the moment. She was also prescribed steroid drops which did help to a degree to stop the watering - allergic conjunctivitis usually responds well to steroids so is there a chance that it may be something else? Here is what’s helping us, not getting rid completely but alleviating -
Fresh air - airing the house as much as possible, windows open, out for walks as much as you can

• opolatadine eye drops- antihistamine that seems to help
• cold compress
• cetrizine
• sunglasses when outside

Also - if it was the Christmas tree - do you have any pine furniture? If so I would get rid and see if this helps.

Also just to add - another user on here mentioned that it can take up to a week or so once you’ve identified the allergy and actively avoid it for your eyes to start feeling better, so give it time. I’ve also had some success taking ibruprofen as it reduces inflammation including in the eye.

Have you tried opticorm eye drops or any eye drops with Sodium Cromoglicate 2% as it is good for the symptoms you describe.
And it could be your antihistamines that could be creating problems as well so don't rule it out.
A lot of people feel itchy after stopping cetrizine , my eyes go dry and itch if I take claritin. DH gets eye allergy from montelukast. All these are antihistamine but you can still be allergic to them.