Re: Hay fever. Whats the best way to attack it?

 



I do a fair bit of gardening work and the hayfever for some plants are worse
than others. Here are some that get me:-

Pine Trees when in flower
Olive trees in flower
Ivy anytime - is very dusty and full of mights
Rosemary - never used to bother me but a customer has a hedge of it and the
dust kills me.

For others it will be grasses in flower. I did see something about asthma
weed being a killer but have not encountered it in WA.

I was doing a job pruning Ivy on a fence. My eyes just ran and my nose ran
as well. I was suffering so bad that when I knocked off for lunch I got some
antihystamines from a chemist. They were a non drowsy type called Claratyne
I think. I was over it in ten minutes.

Just before xmas I had to clear a 70 metre long wall by 2 metres high of
ivy. I took the same stuff without a hint of the sinus problems. I did wear
a mask as well and at the end of a day I had to dispose of it because it was
caked in the dust. I also wore sunglasses and they had to be cleaned a bit
too.

If you can locate something doing it to you get rid of it or dose up.

My ivy allergy is nothing compared to a lady 2 doors up from me. She comes
up in welts and that's from airborne dust.

 

On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:00:28 +1000, Jon wrote:


Apart from the basic advice as to work out exactly what it is that sets
you off, you could invest in a serious two filter dust mask. (~$50).

 

terryc wrote:

Do they have a Darth Vader type mask.
I may as well look completely crazy....
I'm of to get some of those expensive clarentyne tabs.
You'd think the Misgovernment would subsidise those wouldn't you...

 


In addition to anti-hystamines there are also a variety of nasal
sprays which chemists can sell over the counter.  (It is important to
follow the instructions for these.  Some of them stop working after
about 5 days and you then get a re-bound effect if you stop using
them).

I am just slightly troubled by you mentioning "wheezing".  If you are
wheezing you might have some sort of allergic asthma (although all
that wheezes is not asthma).   If you are wheezing it might be an idea
for you to have a doctor check you.  Even mild asthma can suddenly
escalate if you have a big exposure to whatever you are allergic to.

Good luck with it.

 

Norm wrote:

Rebound affect? What do you mean by that?


Ta. At 61 I'm more than concerned. The fact is work is avoiding me and
I'm happier not to execise, realizing a while ago that I prefer to work
doing something that makes sense and money. Gardening is my only
outlet...Besides computer and photography. And I cant stand sports...I
guess you could argue that exercising one hour a day makes more sense
than being dead 24 hours a day... (Grin!)
I have a crazy reaction to my Missus and her perfumes too....Especially
one of them...