Allergies and flying...

My eyes swelled
shut, and stayed that way for a couple of days.

While the allergy pills help some with the eye problems, prescription allergy
eye drops work very well for a severe case like this. Alrex would quiet this
down within minutes. Patanol, Zaditor,or Optivar work well during the allergy
season and help prevent this type of severe reaction from happening. Don't know
if they are FAA approved though, I suspect they would be since there have
little side effects.

Mitch, an Eye doc.

Luscombe 8A
Cessna 195

My eyes swelled
shut, and stayed that way for a couple of days.

While the allergy pills help some with the eye problems, prescription
allergy
eye drops work very well for a severe case like this. Alrex would quiet
this
down within minutes.

Thanks, Doc. What made it especially bad was that I rubbed the heck out of
my eyes in my sleep. Thus, I woke up with them almost literally glued shut.
I needed a warm wash cloth to melt the goop so I could open them.

Since I haven't been outside as much (and since the trees seem to have shed
all that stuff), I haven't had a reaction like that again, thankfully.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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