terrible hayfever have a look at ds2, would you still send your child to school ?

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he's had hayfever for the last 5 years. he's now 9.

in the past he has had a severe eye reaction (worse than the pic, alot)

it affects, nose, chest, eyes, throat,skin everything really.

he sees a doctor at the hospital, an immunologist as he has other issues with immune system aswell.

the plan for this year was to use double dose antihistmine, some different eye drops than last year, steroid nose spray and inhalers but as you can tell it's not working.

this is how he has come out of school today, very miserable as he has been holding cold cloths to his eyes all day whilst trying to do his tests!

don't know what to do. feel awful sending himto school like this, tis a nightmare.

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Depends how he feels with it. I suffer with hayfever, and some days I feel fine and others I feel like I want to go and hide in bed. See how he is tomororow morning. Its not like his being sick and he has to go sometime in the summer.

i thought we might be in with a chance this year, having twice the adult dose of antihistamines.

his eyes are dripping water, never known that in other years, usually swelling and itching

Is it possible the new eye drops are causing irritation, or even an allergy themselves?

Could you try going back to the old ones, or were they useless?

If he's really miserable and doesn't want to go in tomorrow morning, I'd probably let him have one day. And make an appointment to see the consultant or the GP to review the meds. But I wouldn't let days off for hayfever become a habit - it's horrid but you can't miss large chunks of the summer term!

i dont know if its works byt lloyds pharmacies are doing a half price ligyht thingy which you shove up your nose for 2-3 mins 2-3 times a day which is meant to help.

he looks awful. maybe with the rain (if its wet where you are) it wil lbring the pollen count down a bit. dd1 suffers a bit but never as bad as your ds looks now. poor love.

ps, have youtried vasaline in his nostrails? and asking if he can wear dark glasses at school to prtect his eyes a bit?

My dd suffers from hayfever at test time.
Zirtek is the only thing that helps her and DH.

Also try smearing some vasaline on on the skin around the the eyes in the morning - as prevention not cure. This tends to stop the pollen getting rubbed into the eyes and acts as a barrier.

Get those cold gel eye masks you can keep in the fridge too.

you have to keep trying lots of different types of antihistamine to find the one that works best for him, surely an allergy clinic would have a quicker way of doing this???

tried the thing up nose last year but it didn't work.
has been wearing sunglasses, says the sun hurts his eyes anyway. don't think it's the new eyedrops as he was o.k for the first few days.

have kept windows in bedroom shut and showered him every night etc etc

not due back at the hospital until october. do you think it would be reasonable for me to ask they see him sooner???

have tried loratadine , zirtek and piriton

and opticrom, rapitil and ketotifen (eye drops)

def ask for an urgent appt has he tried telfast 180, it's pescription only although the lower doses aren't

Is it worse at school?
Better at weekends?
Is there a difference? Plants at one place worse than somewhere else?

Such a shame. Poor lad.

I was going to suggest a shower every day, to get the pollen off, but I can see you are trying everything.

I'd keep him off tomorrow and take him to GP.

i'd ask for urgent appointment as well. whats the point of an oct appt at the end of hayfever season?

yes, worse at school. huge field surrounding it and tests confirmed he is highly allergic to timothy grass.

could it be an infection aswell as the hayfever now do you think? just wondering with all the watering and theres been some goo come out too.
i don't remember water constantly dripping last year. he has to keep wiping it!

the consultant said, the plan is to take blah blah blah medication. and we'll see how things went in october.

he mentioned aome injections that might be available next year or year after

he doesn't ever go on the field at school either, he's allowed to choose a couple of friends to play with him on the yard as the severe eye reaction happened whenever he went actually on the grass in past years.