Is it bad to take hay fever medication when there is no pollen in the air?

transitioning from hot->cold or cold->hot or humid->dry weather etc can play with your sinuses.

It might be a bad idea if you don't like buying new packets of hay fever tablets every few weeks.

Have you read the information leaflets on these products? You could also just ask someone working the counter at your local pharmacy if its a good idea or not

(from me personally, its a bad idea)

Hay fever medication won't help with the symptoms of an infections.

The best thing for clearing a blocked nose is steam inhalation. You can use a bowl of hot water and a towel over it and your head, or you can buy a cheap steam inhaler (a mug with a lid and a plastic mask), from your chemist. A couple of drops of Eucalyptus oil in the water bath, will increase the effectiveness of the steam. I strongly advise against products that use menthol or the use of steroids for a routine blocked nose. Such medication can cause permanent damage to the small blood vessels close to the surface inside your nose. If your doctor does prescribe yourseteroids, then it is best to take them, but don't bully your doctor into it. There is no reason ever to use menthol.

A desert spoon of honey dissolved in hot water will provide a soothing drink for a sore throat. Honey contains antibacterial and antiviral agents so can also reduce a throat infection. There are specific honeys that boast higher concentration of these, but in my experience any honey is beneficial. If you prefer to be a massochist then you can gargle with salt as an alternative.

This time of year there is little pollen about and you can knock off the medication - if the symptoms come back you can always start again. You have started a cold because you caught the virus from someone. Hay fever is not life-threatening.

I take a tablet every day as although it is called hayfever it can be an allergy to house dust or any number of things. Your other syptoms could be a nasal drip, where the mucas goes down the back of your throat instead of out of your nose.

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You shouldn't take hayfever medication if you've not got hayfever. If you're in the UK the hayfever season finished weeks ago.

Some hayfever/allergy tablets can be taken for different alergies such as to being allergic to cats but only as advised on the specific tablets box.

A common cold has nothing to do with hayfever and therefore you need Lemsip or equivalent medication specifically for a cold. People always get them in winter or when the weather turns colder.

Why spend the money? Hay fever meds are expensive and you don't need their pollen-fighting action. I'd switch to raw, unpasturized honey and some easy-to-make home broths, like ginger and apple cider vinegar. My blog, SinusSister, has more ideas. Good luck!

Antihistamines are not good for people with high blood pressure. It doesn't matter whether there is pollen or not.

If you have high blood pressure, you should not be taking antihistamines. They will raise your blood pressure, which is bad. It is just as bad whether or not there is pollen.

If you don't have high blood pressure, take antihistamines when you want. It won't hurt to take them when you don't need them.

Yes it is.

And the temperature has nothing to do with catching the common cold.

The following works for sinus, cold, running nose, sore throat and strep throat, when the throat is hurting and lot of other conditions.

The most visible thing about sinus is swelling. In case of cold, sore throat, strep throat also swelling is there but to some less extent then it is visible in sinus.

Sinus, cold and sore throat usually happen in the following situations -

- Change of season, drinking lot of water after exercises, when u get up in the morning, after swimming, after having first sex, kissing, first time smoking etc.

The reason - The body has limited capacity to store water in places other hen cells and in blood systems. When we suddenly drink lot of water, that must be stored in the cells within a short period. If that does not happen the body tries to lose water through frequent urination, running nose, cough etc. This excess water is stored in layers of skin or muscles. This stored water outside cells reduces the cell metabolism drastically. That also causes the immune system to be done causing the bacteria growth. That does not need antibiotics. All it needs is reabsorption of that water in cells or blood system. That is possible only by reducing the water intake temporarily.

During winters the cells of our body stores less water. This is evident from frequent loss of water from body throuhurination. Normally.

Another thing that needs explanation is - why does sore throat happens in the morning often. The cellular metabolism is at 5 to 10% during sleep. So the excess water stored between layers of skin and muscles causes the metabolism to fall below the minimum threshold limit. That reduces the immune capacity of the body drastically.

The same thing happens after swimming the body is heated up and cooled at the same time. It a person allows sweating after a swimming session and does not drink water or does not take a shower in cold water sore throat may not happen.

After having first sex, kissing, first time smoking people tend to either overeat, drink lot of water and sleep immediately so sinus or sore throat happens.

The easier way out is to allow body to sweat for 1 or 2 hour by increasing the body temperature but not drinking water or other fluids for may be 1 hour after that. But since cell metabolism is low during this period of cold and sinus, a person will seem to be excessively thirsty even after a short session of small exercise. Thru cell metabolism the water is transferred to blood system. If that happens at a rate slower then required rate the cells may overheat causing excessive thirst.

The other easy way to control swelling is to give up water and all other liquids for 24 hours. In 24 hours there will be no significant dehydration to cause organ failure. But to be double sure one can stay indoors for 24 hours. This helps in lot of other ailments. One can do it when one is indoors. It improves the immune system. It ensures that body's control systems work properly.

In 24 hours the reduction in the fluids will be about 3 litres or about 5% of the total body weight of a normal adult.

Never the swelling due to sinus or cold and cough is more than 5% of the body volume.

During this period of 24 hours the lose of water from the body does not reduce even by 1% to offset reduced water intake.

The reduction in loss of body water thru urine or sweating starts after 48 hours in most of people. But to be on safe side giving up water and liquids for 24 hours will do the trick.

The reduced swelling will give immediate relief from pain. It will make is much more easier to eliminate the cough thru nose without any pain.

That will also improve the blood acid levels by about 10%. This makes changes at the cell level as well. Blood acid levels are the first line of defense against the infections.

So swelling gone, pain gone, cough moving out, infections taken care of. Now what remains in the body for the next change of season time. Obviously nothing.

So it has already given u long term relief from sinus. But in some cases one may get sinus during next change of season and may have to do this again. The benefits of drinking lot of water is over hyped. So when winter starts to set in, people still force drink more water. Same thing happens when summer is setting in. As soon as summer comfort is there on increases the water intake drastically. But the cells of the body still does not need that excess supply of water.