Permanent Hay fever cure - where is it??

happyhero

Hi my Sister and her little boy are suffering with hay fever quite bad and my sister is one of these people who are very awkward about taking anything as she thinks everything has too many side effects. I try to persuade her by saying things like "whats worse suffering continuously or a few side effects that she probably wont get, which is worse on your system" but its always a battle with her getting her to take things, we do have the occasional win with her though.

I cannot help feeling sorry for her and her little boy watching them suffering at the moment.

Anyway my father now lives abroad and I spoke to him about it and he keeps going on about some stuff that a doctor recommended to him a long time back when he was in the UK. He says he got the stuff and had to take tablets for a week and he has never had a problem since. I asked my mother about it who lives here and she says she remembers him being told about this and thought it sounded dodgy at the time the way it happened as he found out about it by just chatting to a doctor when he was out somewhere, so we don't know how he got the stuff in the end but my mother thought it was an injection, anyway my Dad remembered the name and I looked it up, its called Sterogyl.

When you try to Google Sterogyl, for one it does not seem to make any mention about hay fever and two its almost like it doesn't exist, and if you do manage to find it , it seems to only come up in places like France, which would make us very wary of touching it. I would have thought even if it once existed in the UK but maybe then got banned you would still be able to look it up but search yourself and you will see what I mean.

So my question is does this stuff exist and if so where or how can you get it in the UK?

If not is there something like this that stops hay fever permanently, I always thought hay fever was like the common cold and there was no known cure yet only stuff to help with the symptoms?

BunnieJ

Permanent Hay fever cure - where is it??
Hi my Sister and her little boy are suffering with hay fever quite bad and my sister is one of these people who are very awkward about taking anything as she thinks everything has too many side effects. I try to persuade her by saying things like "whats worse suffering continuously or a few side effects that she probably wont get, which is worse on your system" but its always a battle with her getting her to take things, we do have the occasional win with her though.

I cannot help feeling sorry for her and her little boy watching them suffering at the moment.

Anyway my father now lives abroad and I spoke to him about it and he keeps going on about some stuff that a doctor recommended to him a long time back when he was in the UK. He says he got the stuff and had to take tablets for a week and he has never had a problem since. I asked my mother about it who lives here and she says she remembers him being told about this and thought it sounded dodgy at the time the way it happened as he found out about it by just chatting to a doctor when he was out somewhere, so we don't know how he got the stuff in the end but my mother thought it was an injection, anyway my Dad remembered the name and I looked it up, its called Sterogyl.

When you try to Google Sterogyl, for one it does not seem to make any mention about hay fever and two its almost like it doesn't exist, and if you do manage to find it , it seems to only come up in places like France, which would make us very wary of touching it. I would have thought even if it once existed in the UK but maybe then got banned you would still be able to look it up but search yourself and you will see what I mean.

So my question is does this stuff exist and if so where or how can you get it in the UK?

If not is there something like this that stops hay fever permanently, I always thought hay fever was like the common cold and there was no known cure yet only stuff to help with the symptoms?

Sounds pretty dubious to me :undecided If I were you I'd steer well clear. If there was something like this on the market, people would be queuing up to buy it!

If your hayfever is that bad, I know you can have some kind of steroid injection, but I don't think doctors are too keen on giving them out.

I've had really bad hayfever for years and I was prescribed a once-a-day tablet which is stronger than the stuff you can buy in the shops. I also use eye drops if I'm particularly bad. There's not much else you can do really except deal with the symptoms!

If you don't like taking tablets, apparently putting vaseline around your nostrils stops the pollen getting inside your nose (I don't know how effective that is). I also read about eating a spoonful of honey each day to help your body become less resistant to the pollen.

adouglasmhor

Go dairy free and in many cases it virtualy stops all the symptoms.

BunnieJ

Go dairy free and in many cases it virtualy stops all the symptoms.

A teacher of mine at college also suggested this. She said to cut back on dairy as it causes you to produce more mucus (sorry if that's TMI). She also said eating a raw food diet during the spring/summer helps symptoms.

fiscalfreckles

I was advised about eating honey; but it has to be local honey to work.

WestonDave

If you look up Sterogyl one site gives its active ingredients which vary from country to country but appear to mainly be a Vitamin D supplement. As a curious musing and nothing more its interesting to think that someone with hayfever might avoid being outdoors in the summer and therefore lack exposure to sunlight and so be Vitamin D deficient. If Vit D deficiency (which weakens the immune system) permits hayfever and other allergies then its possible that a circle sets up whereby someone with a lowered immune system starts with hayfever so avoids getting more Vit D because being out in the sun sets off symptoms which in turn maintains the deficiency.


I have to say I'm still sceptical but I guess its possible that a Vit D supplement might be worth a try! There is a school of thought that many of us are increasingly Vit D deficient due to increasing concerns about skin cancer leading to sun avoidance.

happyhero

WestonDave wrote: »

If you look up Sterogyl one site gives its active ingredients which vary from country to country but appear to mainly be a Vitamin D supplement. As a curious musing and nothing more its interesting to think that someone with hayfever might avoid being outdoors in the summer and therefore lack exposure to sunlight and so be Vitamin D deficient. If Vit D deficiency (which weakens the immune system) permits hayfever and other allergies then its possible that a circle sets up whereby someone with a lowered immune system starts with hayfever so avoids getting more Vit D because being out in the sun sets off symptoms which in turn maintains the deficiency.


I have to say I'm still sceptical but I guess its possible that a Vit D supplement might be worth a try! There is a school of thought that many of us are increasingly Vit D deficient due to increasing concerns about skin cancer leading to sun avoidance.

Yes I agree with you totally, that is what I found and about the vit D and those were my thoughts. My father is terrible, he is suckered in by everything , when he tells the story of how he got the medicine when he was younger it does sound very dubious, but I do remember him suffering with hay fever when I was a kid and I do see now that he doesn't. Now he smokes like a trooper, has tons of salt and sugar, does all the wrong things but does not seem to suffer with hay fever, he says it went away almost immediately after the tablets, it is very interesting if nothing else, but if this stuff were around I think it would be big news.

The one thing I still don't know though is as you say this stuff " Sterogyl" when you find it refers to vit D but does not mention hay fever, so what is it intended for and why is it only available abroad?

System

happyhero wrote: »

The one thing I still don't know though is as you say this stuff " Sterogyl" when you find it refers to vit D but does not mention hay fever, so what is it intended for and why is it only available abroad?

It is a high dose Vit D medicine designed to treat Vit D deficiency.

The main ingredient is Ergocalciferol which is a provitamin form of Vit D

Nile

Hello happyhero


Permanent Hay fever cure - where is it??


There are lots of treatments available to deal with the symptoms of hayfever but if you're after a cure, you need to see your GP.


There is a cure (for grass pollen hayfever) but only an Immunology consultant at the hospital can determine if the patient is suitable for treatment.


I'm talking about Grazax tablets for patients who are allergic to Timothy grass pollen. Your GP can't prescribe it but he/she may refer you to an Immunology consultant.


Your GP will probably do a blood test first, to determine if you are allergic to grass pollen. If you are, you might be referred.


If you see the Immunology consultant, he/she will probably do blood tests and skin pric testing to determine whether you are allergic to grass pollen.


It is an expensive and time consuming process but Grazax does cure some severely allergic patients..............like me.:j


I've been through the process and I'm very happy now. I haven't needed to take any rescue medication this year.:cool: