Coasty

Hi everyone!

I am writing this for my husband (he's at work at the moment).

He suffers from a severe allergy to dust mites. But that isn't what I need advice on :-)

Sometimes in the mornings, as soon as the alarm goes off, he is sneezing, and that sets his hay fever off for the whole day. (We thought maybe there might be some dust on the alarm clock that he disturbs?)

He also has a very sensitive nose. If it gets touched, it sets him off. He might be mucking around with the kids and they will accidentally touch it, and he then has hay fever for the rest of the day. It is so sensitive that he can't use nasal sprays, even as a preventative measure as this will set him off.

He can be having a good day, and then all of a sudden he starts sneezing. When this happens we haven't noticed anything obvious to set it off, no wind direction change or anything like that.

His symptoms are very typical, watery eyes, itchy & runny nose, continual sneezing, and lethargy.

After reading a lot of posts on this board, I think he may also have that post nasal drip too, cos he 'gurgles' a lot in his sleep. He had his tonsils out as a child but not his adenoids. He is a very VERY bad snorer, no matter what position he is lying in and has bad breath all the time, within a couple of minutes of brushing his teeth and using mouthwash. The breath is waaayyyyy worse when he has hayfever/allergies.

He has antihistamines to take when he is suffering, but the 'non drowsy' ones aren't strong enough to work, so he has to take the ones that make him drowsy, but it is either that or put up with the symptoms. He has been to the doc and had a needle in his bum, but gave up on that after a few months as it wasn't making any difference at all.

What I am asking is, does anyone have any advice as to what we can do now? It is really getting my husband down feeling like this all the time and we need some help, for his sanity!

Thank you in advance.

Sara