Hayfever it’s an awful allergy that most commonly causes, itchy eyes, sore throat, sneezing, runny nose and headaches.

Some people get only mild systems where as some people find it hard to cope with day to day life with their hayfever.

Below is a email that we have recieved about a Hayfever sufferer

I myself suffer really bad with sneezing fits which can just be the odd 1 sneeze to up to 10 in a space of minutes.  I also get a runny and blocked nose which you might not think is to bad, but in turn for blowing your nose you often get sore and dried skin around your nostrils and this is another painful problem.  Itchy eyes also hit me hard although i have found that wearing glasses does help.

You can get nasal sprays and hayfever anti histamines from your doctor, which some people find cures or ease’s their hayfever. 

In all honesty none of these have worked for me so for the past 3 years I have been having a hayfever injection called Kenalog or its full name Kenalog intra-articular/intramuscular injection (triamcinolone). For the past 2 years this has been injected directly into my arm and it pretty much stopped my hayfever, but this year it’s a different scenario as it was injected into my bum by my local GP over the Nurse who has done it for the last 2 years, and it really hasn’t worked. I have itchy eyes, sore nose and can’t stop sneezing.

 I pretty much went to my GP within a week of the same period that I went last year so the only thing that’s changed is where I was injected so I’d recommend to have it injected into your arm even though it does ache for a few days after.
Having this steroid injection for hayfever works by lowering your immune system so it doesn’t get as bothered by all the extra pollen floating about.  This therefore leaves me at a higher risk to catch other infections.