Allergies and flying...

CC

I gave up on the handkerchiefs and started carrying large boxes of
Kleenex and a sack/bag to put the used ones in.

There's nothing like a wet handkerchief on a sore dripping nose (

Big John
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On Wed, 26 May 2004 10:27:00 +1200, "Cockpit Colin"
wrote:

We have one here called flixonase - it's a twice a day nasel spray that
takes a few days to become effective - in my case it was 100% effective -
and I get hayfever pretty bad (I can soak 5 hankies in an hour! - sorry to
be gross!)

CC

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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On Sunday we spent all day outside, getting the pool ready at the inn. It
is
shaded by giant river birch trees, which -- at this time of year -- are
shedding lots of little flakes of pollen (?).

I'm apparently violently allergic to this tree pollen. My eyes swelled
shut, and stayed that way for a couple of days. Allegra, my usual
FAA-approved medicine (which I use for late-summer hay fever), didn't
help.

Can anyone recommend any other FAA-approved allergy medicines?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

There's nothing like a wet handkerchief on a sore dripping nose (

Yeah, but sometimes there just ain't enough Kleenex in the whole world.

I've had days in the fall where I will literally sneeze on average of more
than once per minute, for hours on end. (Usually if I'm stuck at an
outdoor event of some sort...)

Hankies are gross, but sometimes they are the only tool for the job...
:-(
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Yes, I'm also a big fan of the cortisone nasal sprays. I've used
beconase and flonase in the past and they are totally effective with
absolutely
zero
side effects. No contest compared to the usual over the counter
antihistamines and decongestants.

Are they habit-forming like the decongestant nasal sprays?

Anyone who has ever felt the "rebound effect" of using nose spray too
much knows what I mean...

Like others have said, no rebound effect. I used to use Afrin when I was
really stopped up, but the next day was worse than the original problem.
The cortisone sprays are completely different. They take a few days to
become effective, but then it's like the pollen just disappeared - no
sneezing, no congestion. It's really been like magic for me since I found
out about them.

Mike

I agree.

On a bad day I can go through a big box - best 'trick' I ever found was to
just keep 10 or more fresh hankies at hand - in the end I only use the
Kleenex when I'm getting over cold/infection.

CC

"Big John" wrote in message
...
CC

I gave up on the handkerchiefs and started carrying large boxes of
Kleenex and a sack/bag to put the used ones in.

There's nothing like a wet handkerchief on a sore dripping nose (

Big John
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On Wed, 26 May 2004 10:27:00 +1200, "Cockpit Colin"
wrote:

We have one here called flixonase - it's a twice a day nasel spray that
takes a few days to become effective - in my case it was 100% effective -
and I get hayfever pretty bad (I can soak 5 hankies in an hour! - sorry
to
be gross!)

CC

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:j4Isc.57787$gr.5667473@attbi_s52...
On Sunday we spent all day outside, getting the pool ready at the inn.
It
is
shaded by giant river birch trees, which -- at this time of year -- are
shedding lots of little flakes of pollen (?).

I'm apparently violently allergic to this tree pollen. My eyes
swelled
shut, and stayed that way for a couple of days. Allegra, my usual
FAA-approved medicine (which I use for late-summer hay fever), didn't
help.

Can anyone recommend any other FAA-approved allergy medicines?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Thu, 27 May 2004 15:31:47 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I've had days in the fall where I will literally sneeze on average of more
than once per minute, for hours on end. (Usually if I'm stuck at an
outdoor event of some sort...)

Jay, you REALLY need to see an allergist and find out what's setting
you off. I've been allergy symptom free for ten years now. I
literally do not sneeze or develop itchy watery eyes since Flonase was
prescribed.

Why go on torturing yourself?

Corky Scott

Jay, you REALLY need to see an allergist and find out what's setting
you off. I've been allergy symptom free for ten years now. I
literally do not sneeze or develop itchy watery eyes since Flonase was
prescribed.

Why go on torturing yourself?

Oh, I know precisely what I'm allergic to -- and have gone through the
shots. Bad reactions killed that idea.

I'll be trying Flonase, though -- turns out Mary has been using it for the
last six months, unbeknownst to me! (I knew she was squirting *something*
up here nose, but didn't know what it was until I mentioned your post!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Mike Adams wrote:

The cortisone sprays are completely different. They take a few days to
become effective, but then it's like the pollen just disappeared - no
sneezing, no congestion. It's really been like magic for me since I found
out about them.

Are these all still prescription meds?

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

The cortisone sprays are completely different. They take a few days to
become effective, but then it's like the pollen just disappeared - no
sneezing, no congestion. It's really been like magic for me since I found
out about them.

Are these all still prescription meds?


NasalCrom is OTC, and has worked as well or better than the cortisone sprays
for me.

--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG

The steriod nasal sprays work quite well. You don't have to put up with the
side effects of some of the allergy pills. With any steriod there are side
effects though: some infrequent ones: headache, cataracts, glaucoma, nasal
septum perforation, nasal fungus growth. So I would only use it during the
allergy season.

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