Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > HAYFEVER !

[tricky]

Does any one else in the club suffer from hayfever ? If so how do you deal with it through the summer when you want to go for a ride ? Some days my eyes itch so much I cant go out on the bike.

Just wondering because I've woke this morning with a waterfall for a nose. Im already taking the piriton tablets to try and control it.

[Gizmo]

Originally posted by Dseered
I tend to have little bouts during summer, feeling lucky at the moment as, touch wood, I have been ok + they are hay timing up here at the moment so that tends to be the worst time, I had a problem last night though when I got home and blew my nose all I got was fly mulch !

thats because you rode home in the dark with a black visor so had to leave it open

[weeian]

tricky i use eye drops, cant remember theyre name as theyre in the car but ill post later, theyre great they seem to take the itch away.

/ian

[NBs996]

I used to take Triludan with good effect, but some silly fokker took it with the wrong medication and died, so the government decided I need protecting and banned it.

Now I can't find anything that works all round, so I have to take seperate eye drops... Opticrom works very well and one bottle last all season.

[swannymere]

Being a country boy,oooh ar,most yolkles round here swear by a spoonful of local (to you) honey everyday,or a small amount of vaseline rubbed into the nostrils!If anyone tries the latter,let me know if it works!

[ducati996dude]

I suffer quite badly too so my regime is to first thing in morning, or just before a ride is do dunk head in really, really cold water. Then I take a tablet called Telfast 180. This stops the nose running and the constant sneezing. For my eyes I simply use Optrex drops. I also try to carry a nazel spray like rhinocourt. While riding I am one of those who like the visor open - not a good idea, so I wear wrap around Skiing sunglasses as they fit quite snuggly. I still get itchy and watery eyes but it's not as bad as when I don't do the above. Keep your visor down and wear sunglasses too is the best, if you can resist opening you visor! Hope that helps!

Paul

[Herb]

Check out a natural product called Yamoa, look it up on the web.
I was sceptical when I read about it in the paper but was desperate enough to give it a go.
It has knocked back my symptons massively. So far this year I have not had to use any other medication.

[jobr]

Ask the doctor for Clarityn as good as Triludan used to be.
Optrex for the eyes.

I get bad asthma and hayfever and the above helps. Prititon and things like that don't seem to do much good.

[PB]

Agree with jobr:

Clarityn & Optrex

I have also been told that it is best to eat a little local honey every day: But to be effective one needs to build up resistance over a number of months: Therefore start eating the honey in the winter, or all year round. I always forget until my hayfever starts....

Ps I'll look up Yamoa, sounds interesting...

[PB]

For Yamoa, try:

http://www.yamoa.natural-remedies-clinic.co.uk/