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Hayfever? Not hayfever?

For a while I've assumed I just have severe treatment-resistant hayfever but there are a few characteristics that are a bit odd.

-Starts every year near the start of June til about September, so the timing fits
-Exactly matching symptoms
-But is very intermittent; some days are completely okay whereas others are horrific if I leave the house for more than a few minutes
-Also location-dependent as in the more rural areas about half an hour away I get next to no symptoms
-Worst of all: completely resistant to all antihistamines and nasal sprays I have tried - virtually everything OTC and on prescription have tried fexofenadine.
-My allergies are far, far worse than anyone else in my family. A few people on both sides get very mild hayfever. Absolutely nothing on the scale of mine.

Doctors have never taken this seriously so I've never actually got a pin prick test to check what is going on. Anybody got any ideas?

Cheers
The symptoms you describe definitely sound like strong acute hay fever and I'm suspicious as to why your doctor is ignoring it?

Have you tried home remedies from the Internet? Or I can only suggest really trying to emphasise to your doctor, take a list of reactions and when they occurred etc. and they should put you forwards towards a specialist.... Are you allergic to other things? Dust? Foods? Do you get excema etc?
Original post by sarayak
The symptoms you describe definitely sound like strong acute hay fever and I'm suspicious as to why your doctor is ignoring it?
Have you tried home remedies from the Internet? Or I can only suggest really trying to emphasise to your doctor, take a list of reactions and when they occurred etc. and they should put you forwards towards a specialist.... Are you allergic to other things? Dust? Foods? Do you get excema etc?


It's pretty in line with my previous GP experiences really. I would go private but money.

Not allergic to anything else that I am aware of - and have only tried antihistamines (fexofenadine, acrivastine, cetirizine, loratidine, a few others I can't remember) and nasal sprays (oxymetalosine, beclametasone).

Apparently immunotherapy is probably off the cards even if I can get referred as I am asthmatic.
Original post by spleenharvester
It's pretty in line with my previous GP experiences really. I would go private but money.
Not allergic to anything else that I am aware of - and have only tried antihistamines (fexofenadine, acrivastine, cetirizine, loratidine, a few others I can't remember) and nasal sprays (oxymetalosine, beclametasone).
Apparently immunotherapy is probably off the cards even if I can get referred as I am asthmatic.


Sounds very frustrating. Try googling the medicine Dymista (azelastine hydrochloride/fluticasone propionate) it's a nasal spray that may help. Also consider light therapy? You can buy these nasal sticks which emit red light and calm down the areas that produce histamine or something like that... You can buy them over counter from chemists :-)
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Original post by sarayak
Sounds very frustrating. Try googling the medicine Dymista (azelastine hydrochloride/fluticasone propionate) it's a nasal spray that may help. Also consider light therapy? You can buy these nasal sticks which emit red light and calm down the areas that produce histamine or something like that... You can buy them over counter from chemists :-)


My grandmother suffered terribly from hay-fever for years. A couple of years ago she was prescribed dymista (think its prescription only) and it has completely changed her life. No more hayfever. Talk to your doctor.
This sounds really promising. Thanks guys, I will try and talk to my doctor.
Just a follow up - tried beclometasone nasal spray again, as it turned out I wasn't using it correctly the last time. Holy **** this stuff works. Literally 90% of symptoms are gone, even dry/itchy throat and eyes - hopefully it stays that way!

(I thought it was a bit odd that it didn't work before, I use a beclometasone inhaler for my asthma and that works brilliantly too)
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