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I have to agree with the comments above, my eyes seem to get really bad when im at home, while when im out an about its not too much of an issue.
Damn this hayfever season
Damn this hayfever season
So, has anyone tried this nettle method for dealing with hayfever?
Either stinging or via nettle tea?
I've been getting hayfever since I was 15 and now, over 30 years later, I seem to be growing out of it (if that's possible), or maybe there's just not as much of whatever it is I'm allergic to around any more. My hayfever started making me asthmatic when I was around 19-20 and that too seems to be lessening.
That said, Tuesday of this week was pretty miserable - having been sneezing and wheezing all morning I went out at lunchtime and bought loratadine tablets in Boots and ordered a repeat prescription of my inhalers, thinking it might finally be kicking off for this year, but no, 24 hours later and I'm perfectly okay again, not so much as a sniffle. Not complaining in the slightest, but I'd just like to know if I'm still actually a sufferer or not!
So, has anyone tried this nettle method for dealing with hayfever?
Either stinging or via nettle tea?
Probably your immune system getting weaker, the Spanish flu killed the young because they have stronger immune systems unlike the old which survived. I wonder if hayfever works on the same principle.I've been getting hayfever since I was 15 and now, over 30 years later, I seem to be growing out of it (if that's possible), or maybe there's just not as much of whatever it is I'm allergic to around any more. My hayfever started making me asthmatic when I was around 19-20 and that too seems to be lessening.
That said, Tuesday of this week was pretty miserable - having been sneezing and wheezing all morning I went out at lunchtime and bought loratadine tablets in Boots and ordered a repeat prescription of my inhalers, thinking it might finally be kicking off for this year, but no, 24 hours later and I'm perfectly okay again, not so much as a sniffle. Not complaining in the slightest, but I'd just like to know if I'm still actually a sufferer or not!
Probably your immune system getting weaker, the Spanish flu killed the young because they have stronger immune systems unlike the old which survived. I wonder if hayfever works on the same principle.
Local honey is meant to help too.
So glad I don't get hayfever. Seems to be a bad year for it.
I'm assuming you meant that my immune system is getting stronger and more resistant, because I'm not getting attacks as often as I used to? I'd have thought a weaker immune system would have made me more prone to the effects of this lousy allergy?Probably your immune system getting weaker, the Spanish flu killed the young because they have stronger immune systems unlike the old which survived. I wonder if hayfever works on the same principle.
No, the immune system is overactive/stronger when young, when you get older it gets less active/weaker which means something like Hayfever, which is an intolerance that shouldn't happen stops affecting you as much when older due to you having the weak immune system. (That is my theory anyway, not exactly scientific).I'm assuming you meant that my immune system is getting stronger and more resistant, because I'm not getting attacks as often as I used to? I'd have thought a weaker immune system would have made me more prone to the effects of this lousy allergy?
This year is the worst I've ever been with hay-fever and that's with taking 240mg of fexofenadine every day.
I made the mistake of driving home from work yesterday with the roof open. By the time I got home I was a sneezing, gibbering, snot-ball, with rivers coming out of my eyes.
Only a couple more weeks of it for me though. I'm always fine by the time July rolls around.
So, has anyone tried this nettle method for dealing with hayfever?
Either stinging or via nettle tea?