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Post by distortion on Jun 30, 2005 15:00:52 GMT
i know it doesn't sound much, and i know there's other things which make people alot worse off than hayfever sufferers, but hayfever really is the bane of my existence. you have no idea how bloody annoying it is, until you actually experience the itchy eyes, the itchy throat and the itchy nose. it doesn't feel like anything else, its a proper itch. its not sore, its an itch. and an itch which you ca't f**king get to. you can't scratch out your eyes, to stop them running, as much as you'd love to. you can't claw at the back of your throat because YOU! JUST! CAN'T! f**kING! REACH!  its just the single most crap thing ever, purely for the annoyance factor. the actual "pain" is minimal.. but the effects of it can drive a grown man insane. I HATE HAYFEVER! |
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Post by Graham on Jun 30, 2005 15:24:21 GMT
I have to agree with you there - tis stupidly annoying I don't have the running eys, but they itch like nobody's business, and the throat itches...and the alteration between bunged up/running nose fecks me off big time |
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Post by static anonymity on Jun 30, 2005 18:00:26 GMT
Aww, I know how you feel; I used to get it so badly that I'd wake myself up by sneezing at dawn. For some reason, this last year or so, I haven't seemed to get it, oddly enough. I have, however, had the streaming eyes whenever the sun so much as peeked through the clouds, but I still have no idea what that's due to. I used to find that spending ages sitting in front of my fan helped, as it'd dry up my eyes and blow the crap out of my breathing space. Also washing my face every hour or so with cold water, as well as dripping it into my eyes to wash out any irritations helped immensely. I never tried any medications for it, cos the ones I found weren't asthma-friendly.  |
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Post by distortion on Jun 30, 2005 18:54:52 GMT
yeah, splashing water on your face helps, but the itchy eyes come and go for me, so its not really needed all to often. as i can cope for a bit. its the throat which p*sses me off, no sweets of any description help, and only ice-cream has an effect whatsoever. and even thats nothing to shout about.
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Post by Luco El Loco on Jul 1, 2005 1:35:31 GMT
Have any of you tried honey sandwiches in the lead up to the hay fever season? It helps me a bit.
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Post by Martin on Jul 1, 2005 2:25:41 GMT
I've been taking pills since March to build up for the summer and it seems to have worked, hayfever has been cut down a lot, and although I'm full of antihistamines now, at least I'm not half dead and sneezing 24/7
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Post by *headdesk* on Jul 2, 2005 0:35:27 GMT
IT's weird because my sumers would usually alternate between hayfever and summer colds. This year, I had what could be described only as a really mild summer cold. Otherwise I've been fine. But I feel for you lot as I know what it's like. Have you tried sticking Sellotape up your nostrils tocatch the pollen? It's like a nasal version of a Tampon.
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Post by Luco El Loco on Jul 2, 2005 21:10:09 GMT
 Another tip for your nose that I have, is if after wiping it and blowing it and all that it becomes sore and maybe chapped, try dabbing a blob of vaseline up in the entrance to the nostrils when you go to bed and hopefully by morning the skin will be softened a bit. I find it works well for colds and cold biting weather.
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Post by distortion on Jul 2, 2005 21:23:09 GMT
i hate "cold noses".... and the skin always feels like there's snot on it, so you wipe it even more. and the cycle continues..
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