Hay Fever: How to Manage Symptoms When Your Usual Treatment Isn't Enough
Hay fever can affect sleep, concentration, work and outdoor activities. If your usual approach is not controlling symptoms, reviewing how and when you use treatment can be useful.
What are common hay fever symptoms?
Sneezing, a runny or blocked nose, itchy or watery eyes, an itchy throat and tiredness are common. Symptoms are triggered by pollen and can vary through the season.
What can reduce pollen exposure?
Measures such as showering and changing clothes after being outdoors, keeping windows closed when pollen levels are high and avoiding drying laundry outside can reduce exposure for some people.
What if treatment is not working?
A pharmacist can review symptoms, existing medicines and technique. Different approaches may be appropriate depending on whether nasal, eye or wider allergy symptoms dominate.
When should you seek urgent help?
Hay fever should not cause severe breathing difficulty. Call 999 for severe breathing problems or signs of a serious allergic reaction.
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General information only. Treatment depends on clinical suitability.
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