Puffy eyes from hay fever

RichardJW1

When ever certain trees of the grass starts to polenate I start sneezing, eyes watering etc. the sneezing I can sort with beconaise up the hooter and some clarytin tablets, but in the mornings I wake up with puffy & red eyes which makes me look as if I have had a really heavy night out. The question is what do you recommend to ease this - prefer natural remedy type of stuff, I am starting to get wrinkles there when never before, call me vain if you like but it's taking away my boyish good looks :-) :rotfl:
But seriously I have put warm tea bags over my eyes and laid in the bath and it does actually seem to work, provided I have half an hour to spare, wondered if anyone had any better 'eye'deas :j

JenC

Oooooh I feel your pain on this one! Prevention is better than cure, my neighbours must think I'm quite strange wearing my sunglasses to mow the lawn but it helps! I also find that not line drying my pillowcases helps.

Optrex eyewash is the best thing I have found as it washes out any little bits of pollen, and the wtich hazel it contains is very soothing. They also do eyemasks soaked with it which are fab. Witch hazel is an astringent, so it will dry the skin around eyes in time, so using the eybath that comes with the bottle with some cool boiled water will have a similar effect. HTH

ailuro2

I agree - sunglasses when outside, hayfever remedies to deal with the symptoms, but to top it all up, I use my red light therapy thingy up my nose thing from Lloyds, as some times in the year the hayfever tablets just don't last a full day.
Indoor ionisers can also help, as can keping the windows closed until it's dark outside.

http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/ThisMorning/Health/Hayfever123/default.html

choille

Two teaspoons that have been kept in the fridge or cucumber slices if you have them handy.
Rinse you eyes out with cold tea is quite quick to do & does help.

Bronnie

I have allergic rhinitis, the first symptoms were nasal, and dealt with Flixonase, however the puffy, tired- looking eyes, sometimes reddened and itchy, soon followed and were a real problem. None of the teabag/ cold spoon business made much difference for me.
What worried me was that I had read that with the allergic conditions, the puffy baggy eyes can become permanent:eek:
I started taking an antihistamine and over a period of a couple of weeks the eye problem has subsided considerably. The other thing that sounds strange, but may have been beneficial is increasing the daily amount of water I drink. My eyes are now loooking larger, clearer and brighter and the under eye area has hollowed out again, better than they've looked for a long time!
Have you thought about changing your antihistamine, as there are various active ingredients in them and a different one may just alleviate your eye problem. I found the Benadryl with acrivistane was the one that helped me. (There is another Benadryl with a different active ingredient)
Good luck!

marybishop

Was told by my GP that I had to use antihistamine tablets, nasal spray and eye drops for my hayfever - any combination of two out of the three just didn't get it under control.

RichardJW1

Bronnie wrote: »

Have you thought about changing your antihistamine, as there are various active ingredients in them and a different one may just alleviate your eye problem. I found the Benadryl with acrivistane was the one that helped me. (There is another Benadryl with a different active ingredient)
Good luck!

I tried benadryl and found that it had a really drowsy (and almost depressing) effect on me (more so than normal :rotfl: ) so it's the one I don't take now

Like you the one thing that worries me is the long term effects of the puffy eyes

Clarytin is good for me, likewise zirtan and beconaise spray......I was surprised when I spoke to my GP about it and he recommended taking all three at once!

I have to say that I don't really like spraying stuff up my nose, always was put off it from the old Vicks Sinex days.

sandford6016

Try HayMax balm! It works really well for me and I get hayfever really bad (the Dr's won't give me anymore steroid injections to counter it!). You can get this from most chemists, I get it from Tescos. It is meant to go below to nose and it stops pollen entering, but before I sleep I'll rub a small amount under the eyes and it works just the same! Great stuff!! It's website is http://www.haybalm.f2s.com/index.html

lindsey_toffee_girl

Try Liz earles eye bright this helps sooth my eyes it comes in a duo lasts for ages and ages pop it into the fridge before you apply x

RichardJW1

thanks for all the advise :beer:

need to do something

suki1964

Also keep the bedroom window closed and undress in the bathroom (leaving clothes in there)and shower and wash hair before bed - keep as much pollen out of the bedroom as possible.

If you have to wear a suit to work try to change or wash it as often as possible

Liz Earle Eye bright is wonderfully soothing and can be used throughout the day.

If you have seriously puffy (cant see through them in the morning) then perhaps an eye mask to hold a couple of soaked pads of eye bright or optrex in place over night. And perhaps follow your GP's advice and up your treatment