Hay fever season 🌸🌻

[Debs_ALUK]

Have you noticed that your hay fever affects your breathing?

For many people with lung conditions, hay fever (an allergic reaction to pollen) can affect their breathing and make lung symptoms worse. Pollen count is high at the moment so it’s important to get on top of your symptoms before they get more serious.

For more information about staying well during pollen season, you can visit our website here:

asthmaandlung.org.uk/pollen

[madonbrew]

Thank you Debs 😊

Definitely affects my asthma 😫

[Izb1]

I now wear a mask when cutting the grass and have found I am not as bad as in previous years, this is thanks to covid and the introduction of masks x

[Debs_ALUK Partner British Lung Foundation in reply to Izb1]

Great idea

[Witchypoo65]

I've never had hay-fever before but doctor is saying it's a possibility as my breathing is bad but I don't have an infection.I have bronchiectasis and asthma.How do you know which one is the culprit?

[peege]

Hi, I've never been specifically dx with hay-fever however it seems to affect breathing, sinuses & sometimes eyes when the warnings rise from H to VH. It was never an issue until I hit 70. I'm slightly vigilant because in my 20s I was pole-axed by date palm blossom & had to be carried to a local village clinic for an injection, couldn't move or speak. Each consecutive year of having that date tree outside the bedroom window got better & better. Cut grass in now a slight issue alongside the tree pollen . Asthma & Small Airways Disease. Half a Cetirizine antihistamine daily works wonders.

[Izb1 in reply to peege]

Have you tried wearing a mask to cut the grass Peege, I found it really helped x

[peege in reply to Izb1]

Aw thanks, it's usually when I visit family who have a large sports field across the road where I take the little ones. Sometimes the local parks where live but I can easily avoid them. ×××

[Izb1 in reply to peege]

Well if your parks are like ours here in Manchester they dont get cut too often so perhaps avoid them for a couple of days when they do get cut x

[Patk1]

Thanku x

[honeysuckle78]

Took years to realise sinus pain and earache was allergy .largely due to tree pollen starting feb . I’ve been having acupuncture for years and made a huge difference