Allergies

“This weekend I experienced a burning itch in the inner corners of my eyes, and when I rubbed them to "scratch the itch" it just made them worse. Also I seemed to sneeze more than normal, and my nose became runny.

Sound like allergies to y'all?

This has happened to me a few times before, but I never had allergies before. Can you acquire them as you get older?

Anyone have any good remedies for my symptoms?”

“I've had them this year for the first time I can remember too. Miserable!

You can aquire them anytime and if you move to a different area you're liable to get them then. They also will tone down or dissapeer sometimes as you age.”

“There might be a lot more pollen than usual because of the weather. Here in California a wetter than usual winter usually means more pollen than usual in the spring. Personally, I have allergies all year round every year so I don't know what getting allergies all of a sudden would be like.”

“I took medicine for allergies when I was younger, but actually grew out of them”

“It sounds pretty bad, Buddur.
I suggest you get to the nearest emergency room NOW!”

“Buddur,

You can actually develop an allergy at any time in your life. Mine are so bad that I went through 5 years of shots to be de-sensitized.

Yours sound like they can be treated with Claritin or some other presecription med.”

“Well, I just got back from an "emergency room", and after drinking mass quantities of homebrewed medication...the symptoms seem to have just disappeared! hic”

“Try snot pills--most any brand will do. My allergy symptoms clear right up.”

“8D”

“Just thought I'd bring this thread back up. THe oak pollen counts are off the chart this year. Argh! My sinuses are about to explode! And my car is yellow!”

“I never in my life had allergies up until this month.(well besides a little nickel/kobald allergy) Now I am dealing with a plugged-up nose (I probably snore...ahhh), had to buy eye drops...

sucks!!”

“I feel your pain treebait and gemini. All of this pollen has given me an upper respiratory infection and on top of that I have an ear infection. It stinks!”

“oh man, I feel sooo sick

I thought it was Allergies but my meds are not working. I better not be getting sick.

anyone else feel like this?”

“I'm having allergy problems too. Damn trees, why can't they keep their genetic material to themselves?”

“i really think im getting sick and i am supposed to go backpacking this weekend.

>((**&<**&^ **( **% DAMNIT”

“I started Allegra about 1 week ago due to mine acting up early.

My eyes itch right now pretty bad.”

“WK, the only thing I've found to stop that itching is Sudafed. Drops work, but only for a while.”

“achoooooo”

“WK thats what I take and for two days it has not worked
>:(”

“It takes time to build up in your system, ML...I think a week before it really starts to work.”

“i have been taking the pills for two years.

take only when i need to and that always works. I hate the spring”

“Hang on, have you been taking them every day for two years? Or do you only take them when you need them?”

“take only when i need to and that always works. I hate the spring"
mapleleaf
02:30:40 PM”

“i have been taking the pills for two years.

mapleleaf
02:30:40 PM
04/15/04

This would seem to say otherwise...”

“ok smartass.

i have been on the pill for two years but I only take as I need to!!

better?”

“OK, everytime you stop taking it, the concentration of the drug drops to zero. when you start taking it again, then it still takes time to build up in your system before it will work.”

“i have been on the pill for two years but I only take as I need to!!

mapleleaf
02:37:23 PM


uhhh, you realized there's an inherent risk in this approach, right? Does tree know about the lottery system here?”

“LOL....”

“where's here

By the way who has taken Allegra D... I took it and I could drink!!!! You know at a party....it made me sick!!!”

“We just got back from the Smokies and all of us are sneezing with runny noses. Poor Laurel has it the worst. Every time she sneezes it's 4+" snotcicles down her face. We ran out of kleenex halfway home. Poor thing.”

“snotcicles, awesome word!!”

“Awful. As a young man I suffered horribly from allergies. Either I was sick and miserable or doped up on the antihistamines of the day. Clartin literally changed my life. That plus Nasonex during the allergy season and I am 100% symptom free.

That said, my oldest son looked like he suffered from the same allergies but nothing worked. We went from medicine to medicine and nothing helped him. I switched doctors and the new doctor (my doctor rather than his pediatrician) said, “Well, if you are treating it like an allergy and he doesn’t respond then it’s probably not an allergy.” He switched my son to “Singulair” and it was like magic. He was like a new kid, all of his symptoms vanished overnight. It turns out he has a mild case of asthma which I have known for years runs in my family. Now the kid that was groggy and miserable all the time flies most of the day!”

“could have been worse - this weekend on a dayhike I found out I was allergic to bee stings (yellowjackets) - talk about a wake-up call

I was OK mainly because I had antihistimines and albuterol with me but now I have to start packing an Epipen too

wrt ragweed and oak pollen - I used to be badly affected by them also but now that I'm well over the hill I don't get the sneezing/runny nose stuff any more - itchy eyes and ears still are a problem but the sneezing has mostly gone away - of course the trade off is that now I tend to get the occassional mild asthma attack - sigh - if it taint one thing its the other.”

“I use a neti pot for dry sinuses, and just read that it works for allergies as well.”

“Yeah try using a neti pot on a 3 year old.”

“I can imagine! LOL...
I was gonna add that a kid probably wouldn't like it...but it's saved me a ton of sinus pain.”

“Yeck!”

“OH MY GOD!!!!

A NOSE ENEMA!!!!!!!!



I've never heard of this before.
last edited: 10/21/05 10:53:16 AM”

“LOL...I know I'm glad I live alone when I use it...hehe...
however, it is nice to be able to breathe!

oh, and I don't look anything like that when I do it...
last edited: 10/21/05 10:59:15 AM”

“

Still looks weird to me! LOL”

“Holy crap! I've suffered from allergies for 20 or so years and I've found Zyrtec and a nasal spray year-round keep me feeling normal (like pitts). But I've never heard of seen anything like that thing!”

“LOL, I feel sorry for that model!

"Here you go, we want you to model this for our product catalog...hold it steady now, not too fast..."”

“Yellowjackets aren't bees. They are wasps. So they can sting you many times unlike a bee that dies after it stings you. I only mention this because the venom of wasps is also different from that of bees so just because you are allergic to one doesn't mean you are allergic to the other (although it is very possible this is the case). The Epipen is not a bad idea. Its much less than an oz of prevention. I am supposed to carry one myself but and dumb and never do.”

“So, choosing an attractive model for that photo shoot is supposed to somehow make that sexy?”

“

Looks like this one is a little bit excited. LOL
This is just so wrong on so many levels.”

“I learn something new everyday on here. I'd drown using that thing..lol”

“So...................bunny....
Which one do you have?”

“.... I'd drown using that thing..lol”
CreatureofhabETTE
11:21:35 AM

That's what I was thinking.
I've had milk shoot out my nose when I was a kid. It hurt. This kind of thing looks very unpleasant to me.”

“this is the one I have:
http://www.bytheplanet.com/Products/Yoga/Neti/NetiPots/ancientsecretsnetipot.htm

so I guess a discussion about ear candling is out of the question???

LOL...

nasal solutions didn't work for me - I can't seem to get the stuff in my nose - and drugs - just what I need - sinus drugs give me a buzz...not that that's a bad thing...LOL...

My problem is that the humidity in this office is about zero percent. I'd rather use something more natural than drugs any day - even if it does look strange and I make weird noises while doing it! :):):)
last edited: 10/21/05 12:00:08 PM”

“Nasonex (a cortical steroid) works wonders for me. I don't use it year round, only when I know I will be having problems... so a few months out of the year or when I start to show symptoms. It takes about a week to really "kick in" and then I have zero problems.”