General Tips Hay Fever

• One can do an allergy test at pharmacies to see what one allergic is to.
• One can buy allergy test kits to find out what one is allergic to.
• Keep windows shut even at night.
• Stay inside when pollen count is high [avoid walking in grassy open places particularly during early morning (pollen rises in the air and evenings (pollen falls to ground)]
• Check pollen forecasts and plan your day (World Pollen count (www.meteovista.co.uk).
• Wear wraparound sunglasses.
• Shower and wash hair before going to bed.
• Wash face regularly and avoid scratching your eyes.
• Remove or shake outer clothing before going indoors.
• Vacuum preferably with a high-efficiency particle arresting (HEPA) filter  and dust with a damp cloth regularly.
• Avoid gardening particularly grass cutting and grass areas and picnics/camping.
• Avoid dry washing outdoors when pollen count is high as this can bring pollen into one’s home.
• Avoid keeping flowers in one’s home.
• Wash/comb animals that have been in long grass, keep them out of your bedrooms.
• Don’t stroke pets or let pets get close to your face and/or try to keep them out of the house as long as possible.
• Don’t smoke and stop other people from smoking can irritate eyes nose and airways
• Eat a good healthy diet
• Use petroleum jelly around nostrils, pollen will stick to petroleum jelly and protect nostrils.
• Go to seaside holidays or colder mountainous holidays rather than countryside, or visit southern hemisphere when pollen is different.
• Use air filters at home for cleaner air.
• Moisturise skin regularly as hay fever and dry skin conditions tends to occur at the same time.
• Moisturise skin regularly as allergies and dry skin conditions tends to occur at the same time.
• Use calamine lotion and dab on skin with cotton wool or other soothing creams. Calamine cream can be used (but check ingredients to make sure one is not sensitive to ingredients)
• Sinus (congestion, blocked , runny nose) tips
• Sore throat tips
• Dry cough tips
• Chesty cough tips
• Headache tips
• Eczema tips

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Natural treatments and tips (DR Axe)

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How to use:

Nasal drops

• To lie on their back with the head just off the bed and tilted so the chin is highest point of the head.
• Patients should breathe normally through the mouth while instilling the prescribed number of drops into each nostril (see Image 2). Administration of drops while sitting or standing with the head tilted backwards causes more solution to pass down the back of the throat;
• To hold this position for two minutes after drop instillation. This enables the steroid to reach the region where polyps arise and reduce inflammation where the sinuses open into the nasal cavity;
• If multi-dose, manufacturers recommend that the dropper should be cleaned by wiping the nozzle with a clean tissue before replacing the cap.
• It is important to understand that nasal sprays and drops are not always effective at reaching the sinuses, even post-surgery, and this has lead some rhinologists to advise combining nasal drops with saline irrigation.
• It is the larger volume that improves penetration to the sinuses.