Ragnar wrote:
"Michael Bell" wrote in message
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The road I was going along last night when I had my first attack had
sycamore along it, and the place I go to in Swaledale has sycamore all
round it, so maybe sycamore is high on the suspect list. But the hay
fever lasts the rest of the summer, if I stop the Cetirizine, it comes
on again, so sycamore can't be the only cause Or can it?


Michael Bell

Maples and sycamores are pollinated by bees. The one near my house is aloud
with bees on warm days. I think (I may be wrong) that only plants pollinated
by the wind are significant to hay fever sufferers so I would suspect that
the culprits for your attack are other trees in flower now such as Oak and
Beech. It is too late for Willow which gets my hay fever started every year.

R.


Michael,
Your GP should be able to arrange for an allergy test for you. Quite
painless! and will tell you what you are allergic to. Depending on your
health authority, they should be able to offer you a bespoke course of
desensitisation injections which are timed to end just as your
particular allergens become active. I had these for grass pollen years
ago and now I can cut the grass with a flymo and not get sneezing fits.
My course of injections was 13 weeks long so allowing for manufacture
etc, start the dialogue with your GP in the autumn.
I'm now being affected by tree pollens quite badly over the last few
years and so need to get a fix for them in time for next season.

HTH

Bob