every bleedin year!

AndyRubio
AndyRubio Posts: 880
edited April 2011 in Training, fitness and health
Hi,

Yes, every bleedin' year in April, I get a slightly swollen sore throat and feel completely sh*t. It's like a virus but the regularity of it makes me think it might be a pollen thing. Seriously, every year for about a month. Had to cancel a weekend of fine riding in the Dales because of it.

I can't help the GP would just give me a platitude, does anyone here recognise what I've described? The reasons I ask is whether ot not if affects training - if I virus I want to hold back on the effort, if not then I know I'm good to go go go.

Cheers,
Andy
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Don't train with a sore throat.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Yep that's mild hayfever. Tree pollen I'd guess.

    I am not really affected until the grass pollen kicks in, then I'm absolutely buggered for anything apart from cycling. Weirdly, the symptoms go away during hard exercise.
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  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    Thanks chaps!
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Don't train with a sore throat.
    Why not train with a sore throat? I thought it was just when the infection went south of the neck that you have to stop training at high HR to prevent heart probs.
    DesWeller wrote:
    Yep that's mild hayfever. Tree pollen I'd guess.
    Can I do anything about this? Or check on it for sure?
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  • rajMAN
    rajMAN Posts: 429
    If you can, try and get some (local to you) Honey, i.e honey produced locally, as opposed to a jar of New Zealand honey from the local corner shop. I believe this will work well for pollen/hayfever problems and also will do your throat some good! Maybe worth a try.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    have you tried antihistamines? Surely if it's hayfever that will soothe the symptoms.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    The antihistamine that works best will be something that you'll have to arrive at by trial and error. Your doctor will be able to give you a prescription for antihistamines, which is worth having as it significantly reduces their cost.

    If it is hayfever, I don't think you'll do any damage by training with it; you may even find that it's relieved by prolonged heavy breathing (ooh err matron).

    I've heard the honey tip before, it's certainly worth a shot although I think you have to start eating it well in advance of your hayfever starting so your body builds a tolerance (might be a bit late now but can't hurt). Plus, honey is tasty!
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  • twotyred
    twotyred Posts: 822
    My missus has hay fever and gets bad this time of year especially at night. She reckons its the trees. We've got an ioniser in the bedroom which seems to be helping her.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,443
    AndyRubio wrote:
    the GP would just give me a platitude
    Is that taken orally or as a suppository?
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  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    I've been a martyr to hayfever for years. Never found anything that worked until last year I went to Boots and said 'Just give me whatever's new'.

    The lady gave me a nasal spray branded Nasacort (there is an over-the-counter version and a stronger one on prescription, I got the first kind). This, combined with a pack of generic Loratadin tablets (available from any pharmacy, you'll have to ask for it) did the trick.

    I'm afraid to say the local-honey thing is an old wives' tale based on homeopathic thinking. There is no good evidence supporting the idea anywhere.

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