Peak hayfever season underway as grass pollen increases

[Jo Farrow]

Grass pollen season returns for June and July with high to very high counts as hayfever sufferers sneeze and sniff.

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[Ciarán]

Was wondering why my eyes have been bothering me lately and sneezing a lot  Very high pollen levels for the next few days away from the far north and west

[I remember Atlantic 252]

dunno what I get, but some sort of rain allergy during July and Aug, tight chest and blocked nose, it's okay when it's dry

[Dark Horse]

The pollen has been pretty bad for me this year but thank god for Cetirizine. The only antihistamine that works for me.

[Jo Farrow]

The supermarkets are selling some stronger tablets this year. Scotland now seeing the grass pollen season kicking off

[Paul_1978]

On 11/06/2025 at 07:39, Jo Farrow said:

the supermarkets are selling some stronger tablets this year

Do you know which tablets these are? Like @Dark Horse, Cetirizine are the only ones that work for me, although I may try Fexofenadine on the bad days to see how that goes, which I think is a stronger one.

On 10/06/2025 at 20:39, Dark Horse said:

thank god for Cetirizine. The only antihistamine that works for me

Same here, although strangely my hayfever hasn't really kicked in yet this year - I don't want to tempt fate because I know it will before too long. I'm sure I'm normally sneezing by this time of June. Perhaps there's a bit of seasonal variation this year?

[Jo Farrow]

The usual ones were 10mg, these were 120mg and might have been a different type, 

It's been rather breezy along east coast which is probably dispersing the pollen here. I couldn't stop coughing one year from the pollen, the GP prescribed stronger tablets.

[Sprites]

The beeswax gel that can be bought usually works well for me. Apply it to your nostrils, and it traps the pollen before it gets up the noise. 

I was sceptical, but was out in a field and didn't get any sneezing etc. might be worse with the wind blasting around today.

Edited June 12 by Sprites