Hay fever in winter?

[TheDutchHouse]

It can't be !

I get hay fever in spring, main symptoms itchy nose ears throat and eyes .

But over last couple of weeks have these symptoms except for eyes . My mouth and throat are so itchy it's driving me crazy.

I've started taking anti histamine again but it's hardly touching it.

Any thoughts?

I’m the same, nose constantly blocked and running. I’m wondering if it’s having the heating on and the air being dry or something?🤷🏻‍♀️

It can be mould spores. Leaf mould outside or even black mould round windows.

I get tree, grass and leaf mould hay fever, so my season is about 9 months of the year

There are plenty of flowering plants at this time of year and with the mild weather I wouldn't be surprised if a tree or two is early. I suspect though you have a mahonia nearby. Or you could be dusting too vigorously for Christmas 😉

www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/best-winter-flowering-shrubs/

Hay fever is allergic rhinitis which you can get all year around from allergens in the air. If you have it seasonally - ie, as 'hay fever - you probably reacting to particular types of pollen which are not around all year. However, you can react to all sorts of other things in the air and for some people it is 12 months of the year.

If you haven't had it before at this time of year, it could just be a quirk of the growing season this year. Having said that, I didn't get hay fever at all until I was in my 40s and it does seem to have got worse over the years. Apparently, there's been a big rise in older people developing these types of allergies. I also find I'm worse after having had a cold virus - it supersensitises the sinuses.

The correct medical term is allergic rhinitis, and although 'hay fever' is usually caused by grass pollen, people can be allergic to all sorts of other things which cause the same symptoms. House dust, scented candles, mould spores, walking past a florist's in the high street, tree pollen, perfume, all sorts.

I get hay fever all year round, although pollen is still the worst.

So you do have hay fever, but it is obviously an allergy to something other than grass pollen.

Yes, I just take anti -histamines all the time. Have blocked sinuses at the moment and don't in know what's causing it

I get these symptoms but it’s the dust rising in the office from the radiators being turned on.

My winter hayfever turned out to be a dust mite allergy. Worth asking your gp for a blood test to try and rule things in or out.

Many thanks for all your replies.
Very interesting reading , I think I'll ask my GP for a test .

Mine has flared up again. Nose either blocked or running like a tap. Seems to be when the weather is milder. Don't get it when it's cold and frosty.

I get it at this time of year (I'm allergic to Christmas trees!)

Dust in the home, bedding, and animal dander. Also perfumed candles, reed diffusers and scented(and they are all scented) cleaning products.

Only new item in home is a Xmas cactus, otherwise all as usual.
The itchiness is driving me mad .
I've upped my antihistamine but even though it says non drowsy they are lying 🤥

And we open the windows less when it's cold.

Yes, I'm also thinking I need to put a bowl of water on the radiators or something.

What age are you OP? If you have allergies in general you might be more predisposed to have rhinitis symptoms caused by fluctuating hormones especially oestrogen.

I think lots of people's allergies have also been exacerbated by Covid. Have you had it?

Also antihistamines work better as preventative medicine rather than curative. Once you get an attack of the itchies that's it for the day even if you take a tablet. You really need to take them regularly.

True, I always start taking them in March to build up but I stopped in September and was fine until last week.

Yes I've had covid a couple of years ago.
I'm in my late 50s