Seasonal allergies

[Roadgeekteen]

I have them. They are very annoying.

[02 Park Ave]

My seasonal allergy is to tree pollen.  It hits its peak when the oaks are dropping their pollen.  That is almost finished.  The pines and hollies conclude the season.  Everything seems early this year so the allergy season is just about done.

The symptons are itchy eyes, sudden runny nose, sneezing fits.

[vdeane]

Never been tested, but probably.

[slorydn1]

I don't need a calender to tell me when its April, I can tell you that for sure.

Allegra is my friend!

[1995hoo]

I don't need a calender to tell me when its April, I can tell you that for sure.

Allegra is my friend!

Same here, although it doesn't hit me every year. The years with cooler springs tend to be worse for me because it seems like everything hits all at once.

This week is the first in about a month that I haven't needed Allegra.

[epzik8]

I took a generic Benadryl for mine that expired in 2009 and IT WORKED BIG TIME. Holy cow!

[7/8]

I have seasonal allergies, since I notice I get an itchy nose during the springtime. I don't find it too bad though, and the medication I tried didn't seem to help, so I don't bother taking them anymore.

[sparker]

I have one of the worst allergies one can have out here in CA: dandelions (pollen, sap, pretty much every part of the plant).  Discovered early on by eating a salad with dandelion greens as an ingredient when I was a kid (being 1/4 Greek that was bound to happen!).  Regurgitated the stuff and got a rash to boot -- so when panel tests were run sometime later, it wasn't surprising to see a definitive allergy present.  Got me out of weeding chores as a kid -- but my folks found plenty of other things for me to do! 

[Roadgeekteen]

I have one of the worst allergies one can have out here in CA: dandelions (pollen, sap, pretty much every part of the plant).  Discovered early on by eating a salad with dandelion greens as an ingredient when I was a kid (being 1/4 Greek that was bound to happen!).  Regurgitated the stuff and got a rash to boot -- so when tests were fun sometime later, it wasn't surprising to see a definitive allergy present.  Got me out of weeding chores as a kid -- but my folks found plenty of other things for me to do!

Well, I needed eye drops this year.

[J N Winkler]

In the past I used to have a hogweed/ragweed allergy that drove me to take loratadine (over the counter) and triamcinolone acetonide (on prescription), but in the past five years or so all I have had is the occasional sneeze.  I think a contributing factor to the apparent relief is irrigating my sinuses with a neti pot every night, which I have done since late 2009.

[hm insulators]

Not myself but my neighbor Arnold gets them real bad, especially when the ash trees bloom. (Ash trees do have flowers; little tiny green ones just before they leaf out.)

[Desert Man]

Unknown...unless I'm totally sure (medical tests) on certain grasses and perfumes or fragrances are my triggers. I live in an area once popular with Hay Fever sufferers, but we're now among the top 10 worst places for allergy sufferers. In this millennia, anti-allergy medicines would work everywhere in the US, then again don't live here.

[Roadgeekteen]

Thank godness they are gone.