Cold or hayfever?

I am finding the same. Although, I usually get symptoms later on in the year. My eyes are usually worst, but at the moment I am sneezing etc. but my eyes aren't affected. I suppose I'll find out what it is soon enough!

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It could very well be your hayfever, the 'season' for grass pollen (which causes 95% of hayfever) is typically May to July, so it wouldn't be strange for you to start getting your symptoms now. Plus the 'seasons' are thought to be getting longer and then can start earlier the further south you are (guess it must be to do with the south being a bit warmer?).

Reply 5

Well on BBC, it says the grass pollen season doesn't start until the end of May, and May has only just started :-\. I am off to check the pollen index, if it is higher than it is probably a bigger chance that it is hayfever.

Reply 6

Well it doesn't mean it can't be starting a few weeks early, our weather is hardly as predictable as it used to be with all the global warming and what not.

Reply 7

I suppose so. What fun!! At least exams are inside, but it doesn't really make any difference if you feel awful because of hayfever.

Reply 8

Tell me about it. I haven't had really bad hayfever since I was 16, so I'm hoping that I'm growing out of it. Was terrible during my GCSEs though, my French teacher was really worried about me cause she thought I was crying in the middle of an exam *LoL*

I have my loratadine ready and waiting should it emerge this year.

Reply 9

-Emmz-

Tell me about it. I haven't had really bad hayfever since I was 16, so I'm hoping that I'm growing out of it. Was terrible during my GCSEs though, my French teacher was really worried about me cause she thought I was crying in the middle of an exam *LoL*

I have my loratadine ready and waiting should it emerge this year.

Awwww, well I hope that I will be ok, doesn't help that peak season is during all my GCSEs :frown:

. *sigh* My flute teacher always knows when I have it, she is like an eagle, I don't have to tell her anything! Did your French teacher come up to you in your exam then and ask you whether you were ok?

Reply 10

*~Amy~*

i get really bad hayfever, and with my a levels coming up im dreding the pollen season...dont wana be all stuffy and runny in the exams!!!

Reply 11

Hehe, I'll probably be all drugged up. Don't fancy having to use my eye drops in the middle of an exam though!!

Reply 12

Fleffzilla

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I've had it now, it's come quite early for me. And what annoys me is, I can only get the once a day tablets, which, for me, aren't as good as the other ones, so I'm a bit annoyed about that...
Have you had hayfever before? If you have, then it's quite likely it's hayfever.

Reply 13

NickiM

Awwww, well I hope that I will be ok, doesn't help that peak season is during all my GCSEs :frown:

. *sigh* My flute teacher always knows when I have it, she is like an eagle, I don't have to tell her anything! Did your French teacher come up to you in your exam then and ask you whether you were ok?

Yeah, I think I scared her a bit cause I was pretty good at French and I think she thought I was having a bit of a panic.

I'm sure you'll be fine as long as you get medication sorted out, to be honest when I was 16 I wasn't all that clued up on hayfever medication and sometimes I'd forget to take a tablet in the morning :rolleyes:

If it gets really bad if might be worth popping to the doctors to get something like desloratadine ... or actually because you get your prescriptions free might be worth going to see if they'd give you a prescription for whatever drug usually works for you ... some of them are pretty expensive aren't they?

Reply 14

If you were asking me then, yes I have had it before. My friend had hayfever early too.

Reply 15

looby3

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I think i'm developing hayfever - i've never had it before but my eyes are always itchy and my nose is streaming!!! - grrrrr

Reply 16

Fleff

I've had it now, it's come quite early for me. And what annoys me is, I can only get the once a day tablets, which, for me, aren't as good as the other ones, so I'm a bit annoyed about that...
Have you had hayfever before? If you have, then it's quite likely it's hayfever.

Howcome you can't have the other ones? Ignore me if you want. I'm just nosey ... uuuh I mean inquisitive.

Reply 17

-Emmz-

Yeah, I think I scared her a bit cause I was pretty good at French and I think she thought I was having a bit of a panic.

I'm sure you'll be fine as long as you get medication sorted out, to be honest when I was 16 I wasn't all that clued up on hayfever medication and sometimes I'd forget to take a tablet in the morning :rolleyes:

If it gets really bad if might be worth popping to the doctors to get something like desloratadine ... or actually because you get your prescriptions free might be worth going to see if they'd give you a prescription for whatever drug usually works for you ... some of them are pretty expensive aren't they?

Awww, well I'll probably be crying with hayfever and panic!!
Well my Dad reminds me to take tablets, but when they're tiny and you're in a rush they aren't the main thing on your mind!
I do usually get prescription eye drops and tablets, but I would imagine they could be expensive.

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