Does hay fever make you cough?

[Ramina]

Hi my son always suffers with hay fever but this year it seems to be worse. He has a constant dry cough. Is this normal with hay fever?

Not for me. Has he had a covid test?

I get itchy, puffy, watery eyes. Feel irritated, itchy nose etc. Don't recall a cough with hayfever though.

For me this year, yes. My throat and ears are so tickly and coughing kind of scratches it.

It can be.

@Eleoura he has had a test and it’s negative. He’s had it a while. We just put it down to his hay fever.

It might be cough variant asthma? And asthma can be triggered by hay fever.

Might be seasonal allergic asthma I get that come on with hayfever especially if he is struggling to breathe with it as well.

I'm getting a cough with hayfever this summer. Not covid, doing weekly tests. I've heard hayfever is worse this year as lockdown has decreased our immunity but no idea if that's true.

Thank you everyone for replying. It seems to vary for folks. He had Covid last year too @RoxanneMonke so maybe It’s connected.

It can do, as a variation of post nasal drip.
Have you given antihistamine to dry him out? Nasal rinse helps too

That makes sense @goteam there seems to be a lot of people suffering this year and worse symptoms too. Thank you @Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons I will definitely try a nasal rinse!

Could be seasonal asthma, my ds uses an inhaler in the summer. Best see the GP.

My eldest DS coughs with his hay fever. It was particularly bad a couple of weeks ago though and I took him for a Covid test, which was negative thankfully.

@ I hadn’t heard of that before,. He doesn’t have shortness of breath or wheezing though, just a dry cough. @FunnyWonder it’s obviously much worse this year. Same here too. He had a test last week that was negative!

My asthma is awful during hay-fever season. See the doctor for an inhaler and teach him breathing techniques to control it.

My DS does get a dry cough with hayfever. Almost like he's coughing to clear his throat. He has been taken by ambulance to A&E before because his hayfever made his throat swell so much he was struggling to breathe. He now has a steroid to take when this recurs. The first sign is the coughing.

Yeah I do and get very breathless, last week was awful!

Yep, horrible cough and sore throat. Hayfever is really bad this year.

I bought Telfast for OH this year his hayfever asthma is so bad. He forgot to take it today and was wheezing badly. I walked the dogs through a bracken area yesterday and was coughing, of course inhaler was back in the car. Get son checked over is my advice. Hayfever so bad this year

I also find my asthma is triggered by hayfever and allergies so it's probably related. It's not great during a covid pandemic and mine seems to be worse this year than it's been for years!

It is for me, particularly morning and night

if its been more than 3 weeks he may need a course of steroids or other further attention to recover - go to gp

Yes I did this year and was given an inhaler and told its seasonal asthma
Whatever pollen I'm allergic to has died down now and all symptoms have disappeared

Wearing masks for any length of time three hours in the hospital had me coughing for a few days. Awful side effect

@justasking111

Wearing masks for any length of time three hours in the hospital had me coughing for a few days. Awful side effect

Yep, I'm the same.