How To Avoid Hay Fever Advice
Oct 20th, 2009 by squizzmaster
I am one of the many many sufferers of Hay fever and though it’s already October here, for me its still yet to really kick in. Thanks to some good rain pours and the delay in Spring weather, there have only been a few signs of hay fever for me. However, I know it’s going to kick in soon. Last night was a warm night and I woke up in the middle of the night dry and hot with a stuffy nose. So I’ve scouted the net and my network of mates for advice and there are a few things I will probably try this Spring/Summer to ward off the onset of some hardcore hay fever.
Do NOT Rub Your Eyes
It almost seems obvious but I would generally just give my eyes a good old satisfying itch. I’ve been told not to, it will just aggravate your eyes further. Last time the urge to itch prevented itself, I gracefully ignored it. Within seconds the urge was gone and my eyes remained itch free for the rest of the evening.
Wear Sunglasses
Not only do they protect your eyes from too much sunlight and prevent squinting, they also prevent pollen from entering your eyes, aggravating your eyes and just setting off your overall hay fever response to pollen.
Wear a hat
Your hair is good at trapping pollen. If you wear a hat, then your reducing that whole pollen capture in the hair dealio.
Shower
Not only can your hair catch pollen, but your body and everything you wear will have pollen on it. Before you say it, wearing a hat is still better then letting your hair capture pollen. A shower at night or when you arrive home will remove pollen from your person and minimize the impact it will have on you for the evening.
Nasal Irrigation
This is a GREAT thing for your sinus. Best to be done every morning and night after brushing your teeth. I’ve been using a bottle and solution from the chemist so don’t do it often because it’s a drag. BUT I’m going to start using the simple technique of just sea salt in a bulb syringe up the nose – too easy.
Lemon Juice
Adding lemon juice to your water is good for congestion amongst many other benefits. Recommended to use a straw though to bypass your teeth, the acidity of lemon juice is really bad for your teeth.
Honey
I think this could potentially be a myth or an unsupported viral online belief but honey, especially if it’s local, supposedly can help you perhaps by immunizing your body from the pollen. Either way, honey has many other health benefits so it can’t hurt.
No Smoking
Pretty self explanatory. Smoking is bad for you in general and it will kill you, but if you’re a sinus or hayfever sufferer, it will greatly reduce your ability to fight it.
Dry Clothes And Sheets Inside
There’s no point in having a shower and removing pollen from your body if you go to sleep and your lying on a bed of pollen. I’m going to attempt to dry my clothes and sheets inside during the heat of summer so that pollen doesn’t attach to all these things and affect me even before I have a chance to go outside.
If anyone else has any good tips – for the love of god – let me know.