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4/10/2022 7:10pm
4/10/2022 7:10pm
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4/17/2022 8:35am
Every year around spring time I get hit with seasonal allergies. Feels like the flu at times. This year it hit me hard. On Thursday I was at my sons baseball game for two hours with 30-40mph sustained winds. Woke up Friday feeling like crap. Pushed through the weekend. My throat was hurting so bad this afternoon I actually had to go to the urgent care tonight. So you know it’s bad when I have to leave the house to see a doctor or nurse.
Tested negative for step, flu, and Covid.
This is one of the worst times my throat hurts. I’ve takin zyzol(sic) for allergies. Wonder if Tylenol cold/flu medication would have been better. Taking 800mg of Ibuprofen for severe body aches.
Hope everyone is surviving allergy season.
Tested negative for step, flu, and Covid.
This is one of the worst times my throat hurts. I’ve takin zyzol(sic) for allergies. Wonder if Tylenol cold/flu medication would have been better. Taking 800mg of Ibuprofen for severe body aches.
Hope everyone is surviving allergy season.
This shit is bad right now. As I get older, it seems to change. Now, it's mostly my eyes. The other day on the golf course I had left my eye drops in my truck. In a matter of about 30 minutes, my right eye itched so bad that it swelled up almost closed. Luckily I was almost done but couldn't finish the last hole.
Your throat issues kind of confuse me. What kind of pain? From coughing?
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I've put local honey in my coffee months before the pollen shows up, it seemed to really help. I got away from that the last couple years.
Allergies
It knocks it right out in about 5 minutes. Don't know if it shows up in a blood test.
One of these days, I'll finally address, but a little Benadryl allergy seems to knock the edge off (provide a little relief). I've worn a mask doing yard-work and it really helps too.
Clariton D works for me, but I can't sleep when I take it...
I have started taking the OTC AllerClear (Claritin) tabs from Costco every morning and they do a fair job, but most importantly is taking a small dose (1/2 tab) of Benadryl before bed. Without it I get so stuffy that I can hardly breathe and feel dead to the world all the next day.
Xyzal (levocetitizine) 5mg once day at night works well
Fluticasone nasal spray 2 puffs each nostril morning and night.
Corticosteroid nasal spray as well.
Gotta get a full blockade so the pollen or whatever you’re allergic to doesn’t get a chance to attach to those receptors.
Especially in the spring I full blockade so I’m not behind. I also do interleukin-17 (singulair) but that now has a black box warning. Wouldn’t recommend it if you’ve ever had depression or mood disorders……a foot allergies If you’re getting symptoms your body already dumping histamine. Basically close the allergy door and they can’t get through to make you miserable.
Pit Row
So what happens is I get congestion on night 1 and go to sleep. Because of the drainage I start to get a sore throat next day.
Night number two I take zyzol and maybe ibuprofen. I’m still having drainage but those medications dry me up. But I sleep with my mouth open.
So when I wake up next day my throat is just hammered. So dry and almost feels burned. This is one of the worst sore throats I’ve ever had. Pain level is like 8/10.
If I breath through my nose it feels better. But breathing through my mouth just compounds the pain and slows the healing.
And since I sleep with my mouth open at night it just takes forever to heal up.
Appreciate everyone’s feedback. I need to try something different next year. This go around has really set me back with my throat pain.
If I remember to do all this stuff it Kind of helps. I’ve never found a full solution. The worst for me is my eyes. I got lasik surgery years ago and they have been extremely sensitive since.
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