Hay fever

Hi there, sorry to hear about you struggling with hayfever, especially just before exams!! I also suffer from it, so I feel your pain!

You could try some honey - locally produced from your area, so it contains local pollen from your area (what you're allergic to). your body will get used to the pollen and so it won't affect you symptom-wise as much.

Also eating foods high in Vitamin C such as oranges & lemons can help as they are known to be a natural anti-histamine

To help with nose itching, sounds strange but get some vaseline and just rub it on the inside of your nostrils, to coat the inside - that way pollen can't stick to it, and won't make your nose itch. It sure feels funny at first, but genuinely does help!

Hope some of these help, and good luck in your exams!!

I think ill start drinking lemon water with honey, and ill try the vaseline thing too, thanks

I am predicting this will be an issue for me soon as well. The local honey has been mentioned but I have never heard of the vaseline thing.

I normally get eye drops, nasal sprays AND oral tablets just to make life more bearable. It works well for me but there will always be that one day where it seems nothing has worked and you want to tear your eyes out.

During exam season my hayfever gets really bad and my nose and eyes itch, along with other unpleasant symptoms which really make me uncomfortable. I take over the counter medication but it doesn't really do much, is there anything else I can do to alleviate the symptoms?