Do you get seasonal allergies?

**thebazzla** · 10-05-2007, 03:59 PM

i should have said course fisherman i throw back what i catch when i san see them through my streaming eyes

**gamer4eva** · 10-05-2007, 10:38 PM

i actually sneezed when i saw this thread. Does that count??

**CrabGirl** · 10-06-2007, 09:44 AM

I'm allergic to everything. Seriously horribly horribly allergic. I take antihistamines every day, carry an epi-pen with adrenaline in for emergencies, am constantly sneezing and itchy. It's great.

Best piece of advice I can give to those people who take Zyrtek or similar, many stores do a generic or own brand version which is far far cheaper. Anything with Cetirozine hydrochloride in it will work just as well. Superdrug do a good one for about 99p for 7. Far cheaper than prescriptions or the branded one.

**ROFL-LOL** · 10-06-2007, 04:11 PM

I'm allergic to everything too... ashtma...

**Racket** · 10-07-2007, 08:10 AM

Allegra-D is good for seasonal allergies as well as Astelin®, Flonase®, etc. A steroid nasal spray is recommended too such as Nasacort® or Nasonex®. Singulair® is also sometimes prescribed in combination with the rest. If allergies are severe, you could take these every day of the year. Even allergy shots qweekly if needed. My advice, see an ENT doctor (Otolaryngologist) if you have insurance.

Edit-I actually read the first post this time. For Skizo, read above. You may need all. Nasacort is a great steroidal nasal spray as is Nasonex; they are just different tiered on my insurance RX plan. Question: Did you have any nasal surgery that mediated the need for a steroidal spray? Also, you really need is to drop the Zyrtec; it sucked for me as most medications did (except for Hismanal; damn the FDA, but that's another story). I would recommend getting a prescription for Astelin nasal spray (it's an antihistamine), which works much better than zyrtec as it is distributed parentally to the nasal sinuses. 2 sprays per nostril BID would be a good starting point, then maybe lowering to one spray per nostril daily. If you can afford it, I would also get the Singulair. It works differently by blocking leukotrienes, the chemical mediators for asthma/hay fever. It is worth it if you need it. As for immunotherapy, my ENT didn't even do a scratch test for allergens. Now, it is just a blood sample, which is sent off to a lab for allergen testing; this method gives much more objective results. But I would hold off on the immunotherapy until you have at least tried a proper antihistamine nasal spray.

**BudgieSmuggler** · 10-08-2007, 09:40 AM

Skizo - another possibility is it may be diet related. Small chance from what you say but can't hurt to check it out too.

**Racket** · 10-08-2007, 01:37 PM

Diet would cause no respiratory related rhinitis; any effects may be shown to effect the skin as prurititis. If it was a big problem related to diet, he would have already experienced anaphylatic shock in relation to a food allergen. He just needs to identify the allergens responsible (cigarette smoke, weeds, pollen, grass, cat hair, dust, etc); avoid such allergens if possible, and begin proper medical treatment as I precluded. above.