What do you think about all the various products that go on the market every year at this time to combat the effects of hay fever? What do you recommend?
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Maria
Neti pot. A simple, cheap, painless and effective way to sluice all the dust and pollen out of your nasal cavities, goes a long way to alleviating symptons. I swear by it, daily. I see people suffering every day, I ask them, Are you taking any meds? They say Yes, but they don't work. So why take them? I wonder.
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Gurukun
Maria, good post! However, a visit to the local drug store here in Japn only got my blank stares when I asked if they had Neti pots. Then when I tried to describe it to the pharmacist behind the counter, the blank stare turned to slow rythmic blinks.
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Zenny11
My recommendation(wife was a sufferer) is to get to the Doc early like October/November and prescribed the correct medicine, etc after the correct diagnosis.
He always rants when people come in after they started to suffer from symptoms as there is little that he can do at that stage. Same way he rants when people come in for their flu shots during the Flu epidemic.
Apart from that I think those products are like standard Flu meds in that they will only kill the symptoms but not cure or ease the disease.
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lovejapan21
Cheap generic meds from any clinic taken 3 times a day is best. Switch up the brands if they stop working.
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sharpie
i recommend choppin the effin trees down!
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Zenny11
sharpie.
Seen the full "Hay-fever" chart for japan Sugi is actually rather short and just one of the hay-fever types that crop up and that people suffer from.
Right now you can get a mix of 3 different hay-fever types, so what to buy unless you know which one is hitting you?
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LostinNagoya
It's a nightmare that lasts 3 long months. I suffered so much that I would wake up at least 3 times a night, breatheless. And during the day, my eyes were so sore you would think I had washed them with vodka, I looked like a telescope-kingyo. My solution was to leave Japan...never understood how such a rich nation can't do anything to stop this horrible monster in the backyard.
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Gurukun
LOL! That's the best metaphor that I've ever heard to describe hay fever! LostinNagoya, I hope you survive this season with minimal symptoms.
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OKusa
In addition to Indian pole dancing, Neti pots are one of the best inventions to come from India. They honestly work wonders. I am usually a plug-nosed, red-eyed, miserable asthmatic by this point in March…However I picked up a Neti pot from NeilMed over the holidays and have been irrigating my nasal cavity nightly. Other than the odd sneeze, no problems so far! If you can’t order one…a makeshift nasal irrigator can be made with 100 yen store supplies. Go to your nearest 100 yen shop and search for a plastic type (squeezable) soy sauce dispenser. Fill it with warm water and one table spoon of salt. Shake and make sure the solution is mixed properly. Hold it upside down and squeeze the solution into one nostril (inserting the nozzle directly into the nostril). Repeat these steps with the other nostril. It works best if you tilt your head to the side a bit. This should tide you over until you can get your hands on the real McCoy.
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Gurukun
OKusa, thanks! I'll try that. Although down on Okinawa, hey fever isn't a problem, but I do have a problem with getting all stuffy and the watery eyes all year rouond.
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torosushi
was hit by hay fever on Tuesday morning.
Took 2 tablet consisting of 500g paracetamol+ 2mg chlorpheniramine maleate + 30mg pseudoephedrine HCI and took a nap...woke up feeling better, works well for me.
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Maria
I've seen Japanese versions of neti pots at Loft and Tokyu Hands, which actually look like giant syringes, and which seem to raise memories in people of water torture as children, when taken to the clinic for a blocked nose or something. Whenever I recommend the neti pot, explaining what it does, people shiver with horror and back away, imagining jets of water being forced through the nostrils. This is not the case, and no forcing does not need to be involved! I have a stainless steel neti pot which I bought years ago from a place called health and yoga, cheap delivery to Japan. It looks like a teapot, really, and the conical spout fits neatly into any nostril(!). Tilt your head forward and to the side (general rule of thumb: the throat is lower than the nose) and warm saline water will flow (eventually) freely, shifting debris and dust. I do it every morning and can't imagine being without. I also have a plastic travel one, bought from a place called iherb, which delivers extremely quickly and cheaply to Japan. Both places sell the salts (can't use kitchen salt because it's got too much bad stuff in it and you could get an infection). Honestly, folks, go order one!
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Mittsu
Face masks - they work for everything.
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alphawolf
What I'd like is a way to cancel out the stuffy nose I get when I pop a viagra. Possibly a hayfever decongestant might work...Any thoughts?
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bicultural
gurukun, they don't have the neti pot but they have something similar in drug stores. It's a solution that doesn't hurt that you take in through your nose and spit out from your mouth. Try asking them or google "itakunai hanaugai."
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Zenny11
Wonder how many people here do "steam inhalation" as we do overseas?
Good for flu, hay-fever, throat, etc relief. All it takes is a large bowl of steaming water with some aroma oil(optional), bend over it and cover head and bowl with a large towel. Few minutes a day and your sinuses will be clear, etc.
Of course if you want to be fancy you can buy an inhaler from Vicks, etc. ;)
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kawachi
@Zenny11: I think those Vicks Inhalers are illegal here in Japan. I wish they weren't as they can be quite useful. Claritin works for me here and I can get it from the local doc here in Tokushima with no problem. Just wish it were OTC as it (and other drugs like Allegra) are in the USA.
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Zenny11
kawachi.
I think we might have our wires crossed here. Not talking about the vapor inhaler stick(those are great) but the "personal steam inhaler" where the inhaler covers your whole face.
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kawachi
OK, Zenny11. Now I understand what you are talking about.
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