Anyone else sneezing?

[scaredoflove]

Is it the start of hayfever season or do I have a cold starting??

Yep, me too. Daffodils out - sneezing starts.

Not sneezing but runny nose and itchy eyes.

Yup. Started the antihistamines last week. Will be on them until November.

ds1 has bright red itching eyes for past 2 days or so.

ds2 asthma playing up.

Yes, my asthma is playing up, my eyes and nose are itching and I am sneezing like a loon.

tree pollen is out, the hayfever season has begun. Ds is poorly with it. Me, i have dust allergy.. lots of weepy eyes, sneezing and feeling bleurgh here.

they were thinking ds2 asthma had gone as hed been fine for quite a while

Stuffy and itchy here too. It started a couple of weeks ago for me then stopped for a week when the sun went in. Now the sun's out again it's back. Grrrrrr

It's birch tree pollen I think.
Vogel's Luffa complex is good to use.

What Age did your little ones start with Hayfever??

aha! My nose has been running and I've been sneezing for the past couple of days

Will start early on the antihistamines

1st March was the first day for me - stuffy, itchy, runny nose every morning since then, and today with the sun out my first sneeze.
I associate it with the grape hyacinths in my garden starting to flower - I know I get severe symptoms if I have hyacinths or lillies in the house.
DD started when she was 9 or 10 (now 12).

K81P - DD1 started when she was 10 or so, DD3 started when she was around 2 and has asthma also, DD2 suffers a little with itchy eyes but not on the scale that her sisters do. I started at about 5 along with Asthma and excema.

me too, runny nose and itchy eyes for the last few days, thought it was a cold

Ah. Was hoping it was a small summer cold, but as I don't feel ill, and its sporadic, it must be hayfever.

I just get bunged up nose and sneezing, would Clarityn or Zirtec help, d'you think? Its the stuffed up nose I hate most.

Try it - if it is a cold the antihistamines won't be very effective on it. Then you'll know!

I don't usually start until around May, which is what confused me

Looks like I might be adding tree pollen to my list of allergies, deep joy

Does anyone know if i can take standard anti histamine hayfever treatments- like clarityn when breast feeding- moved to new city so not yet registered with doctor and i am sneezing the house down but know i have to check before i take any medications??

scaredoflove - me too. Have had itchy throat for about 2 -3 weeks now and I don't normally start til May. I've had hayfever since I was 5.

Yep, it's grass & tree pollen that gets me & everything is starting to flower now so definately got the itchy eyes. Started when people got out mowing the grass a couple of weeks back! YUK!

I will, thanks Katisha. I definitely get allergies these days (started in my mid-30s, I think) but not usually so early!

I've tried Zirtec before with not much difference, do the antihistamines take time to work - like a build up?

Sorry, no idea about them when BFing...think there are some that are better than others, though, iirc. Hope someone else knows!

I recall I couldn't have any of the effective treatments when I was pregnant - only Piriton, which is v weak. I seem to recall it was the same for bf, but this was a couple of years ago.

The best antihistamine I've come across is the Boots own brand one.

do you get a sore throat with hayfever?

aha, I was wondering. I always get a dry bogey nose (sorry tmi) for a month or so before the itching starts and I have it now. Seems a bit early though?

taffetacat for some reason I didn't get hayfever when i was pregnant, thankfully as I was really dreading it.

SingleMum01 - yes, every single bloody summer for the last 23 years. And it lasts for weeks I'm afraid.

I found the red light up the nose thingy from Lloyds Pharmacy worked wonders last year. Am hoping it wasn't a fluke as none of the anti-histamine pills seem to work on me any more.