What causes hayfever & remedies?

Question

Since waking up this morning, I haven't been able to stop sneezing. It's been going on now for about 5 hours straight and the only thing I have for it are Codral tablets, but is there anything else I could do? (I can't take antihistamines)
What can cause it too?

Answer 1

I have suffered with severe allergies (dust, pollen, cats, dogs, horses etc) and hay fever during the spring and summer months every year for the past 10 years.

My eyes would literally be swollen sometimes to the point of not being able to see or leave the house. My nose would constantly be sniffing and dripping and running and itchy. The symptoms list goes on - I would feel so tired and run down and awful from it all, the whole summer.

I have spent thousands on every remedy I could find - either form my doctor, over the counter medication, from the internet, natural, homeopathic, you name it, I have tried it. And nothing has really made much of an impact.

I found homeopathy helped alleiviate the symptoms but not a massive great deal.

Then I read that dairy really contributes to allergies and hayfever.

So I cut dairy out. I was drinking up to 10 cups of tea with cows milk in a day. But now I drink my tea with soya milk, I actually prefer the taste of soya now!

So anyway, that was over 10 days agom and I haven't taken a single hay fever or allergy remedy since!!

I am literally a changed person, I can now wear eye makeup again because my eyes aren't tearing and running and swollen, I can't believe something so simple and cheap has completely turned my life around in terms of allergies and hayfever!!

I still eat cheese and yoghurts and ice cream in moderation. I haven't completely gone loactose free. But I seriously, seriously recommend you give this a go. My family and friends can't believe it;s me, I seem like a new person these days. I feel like one too, to be honest!

Good luck xx

Answer 2

"hayfever" is an allergic reaction to various plant pollens. Many people suffer with them year in and year out. If you cannot take antihistamines, then see your doctor about one of the nasal preparations like Nasonex or Flonase. They are not antihistaminic, they are anti-inflammatory, preventing the histaminic response of the body instead of blocking it the way antihistamines do.

Answer 3

I take vitamin B for my allergies. In particular, pantothenic acid (one of the b vitamins) is helpful is lessening an allergy attack.