On 25/6/07 18:18, in article , "p.
pleater" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
Has anyone been having allergic reactions this year who doesn't
normally get
them? I'm suffering a bit with my eyes and have never, ever had hay
fever
in my life. They've been watery and a little itchy and the pharmacist
told
me that they've seen a lot of people this year who've never had
complaints
before. It's not an infection, apparently, just a reaction.


You'll soon feel better now Bliar and Prescott are out. )


Hmmmm. I'll hold my judgment on that one. ;-)

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On 25/6/07 19:51, in article , "Alan
McKenzie" wrote:

I have suffered hay fever for a number of years - usually around June time -
this year touch wood no symptoms at all.
However have recently been diagnosed as asthmatic after a 6 day stay in
hospital december last year.
It may be the inhaler that contains steroids that help me in what would have
been a very sneezy June.

snip

I'm not asthmatic and don't use an inhaler though I've had bronchitis a few
times in the last ten years, also a first for me.... Surely that wouldn't
affect my eyes?!

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On 25/6/07 20:19, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote after
"David (Normandy)" wrote:

Has anyone been having allergic reactions this year who doesn't normally
get
them?

I've never had hay-fever or any allergies in my life, but over the last
couple of months had lots of sudden unexpected violent sneezes. Runner
bean
foliage has also become a new problem - it makes my arms itch.

David
(Don't know why but when I hit 'Reply' your msg. wouldn't show up on my
screen.)

I have had the sneezes, too and with no apparent rhyme or reason to it. I
sneeze 7 or 8 times and it's over!

I have always get that when I eat 70%+ Chocolate as did my father.
Doesn't stop me though. :-)

Ooooh, now that's one I'm going to have to road test! ;-)
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On 25/6/07 22:20, in article
,
" wrote:

On Jun 25, 2:23 pm, Sacha wrote:
Has anyone been having allergic reactions this year who doesn't normally get
them? I'm suffering a bit with my eyes and have never, ever had hay fever
in my life. They've been watery and a little itchy and the pharmacist told
me that they've seen a lot of people this year who've never had complaints
before. It's not an infection, apparently, just a reaction.

This year for the first time, I have suffered from symptoms just as
you describe above. Edward tells me that I have become sensitive to
pollen. I also have a small difficulty with breathing occasionally
and I am just hoping that I am not becoming asthmatic in my old age.

Judith

Oh dear, this does sound a bit familiar - see my reply re asthma upthread
and earlier bronchitis. My mother suffers from bronchitis and is 89 but
until I moved to Devon I'd never had it. In fact, I was very indignant when
I was told that's what I had. However there are times now when I find
myself short of breath in a small way, too and now I'm getting all these
replies on urg, things are starting to come together.
I hate going to the doc at the best of times but with such vague symptoms,
it's even more embarrassing. But shortness of breath is definitely a
feature in my life - I hadn't tied it all together.
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On Jun 25, 11:14 pm, Sacha wrote:

I hate going to the doc at the best of times but with such vague symptoms,
it's even more embarrassing. But shortness of breath is definitely a
feature in my life - I hadn't tied it all together.

I am on a lunch break and I was, until a few seconds ago, sitting on a
bench overlooking some beautiful white roses. After a minute, my eyes
are prickling and I am sneezing. Surely this is just an allergy and
not the onset of asthma?

Fiona, my elder daughter is asthmatic and has been since she was 7 but
she didn't have my symptoms so I guess that there are two problems,
one is sensitivity to conditions and two, maybe the onset of asthma.
I will be back in the hospital in half an hour so I will have a word
with someone.

Judith

On 26/6/07 12:07, in article
,
" wrote:

On Jun 25, 11:14 pm, Sacha wrote:

I hate going to the doc at the best of times but with such vague symptoms,
it's even more embarrassing. But shortness of breath is definitely a
feature in my life - I hadn't tied it all together.

I am on a lunch break and I was, until a few seconds ago, sitting on a
bench overlooking some beautiful white roses. After a minute, my eyes
are prickling and I am sneezing. Surely this is just an allergy and
not the onset of asthma?

Fiona, my elder daughter is asthmatic and has been since she was 7 but
she didn't have my symptoms so I guess that there are two problems,
one is sensitivity to conditions and two, maybe the onset of asthma.
I will be back in the hospital in half an hour so I will have a word
with someone.

Thanks, Judith. It's a puzzle to me, I must admit. I know my eyes water in
sunlight but my specs have those reactive lenses and darken in sunlight, so
I don't think it's that alone. But today, it's not raining (mirabile
dictu!) and my eyes are watering again, so I think it really must be an
allergic thing.

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