What Could It Be

[fruitsalad]

About this time every evening for the past 3 or so weeks I start sneezing my eyes and nose itch and my nose gets all bunged up and its so annoying

[Eve]

Allergy? Have you tried antihistimines to see if it settles it down?

[fruitsalad]

Yes Eve I have it and it does settle it down I just cannot understand why it seems to come on same time every evening

[wolf63]

If I get chilled or cold I start sneezing - could it be something like that?

[fruitsalad]

No wolf I dont feel cold

[ummmm]

Plants, flowers, pets?

When I sneeze I usually sneeze about 10 times. My eyes and nose start streaming and it looks like I've been crying for ages. No explanation. I blame dust....

[woofgang]

I get an itchy nose when i am tired...do you start to feel weary about now?

[fruitsalad]

Ummmm I dont have any plants flowers or pets in the house I try and keep dust to a minimum so ruled that out, woof I did have a disturbed nights sleep last night and do feel a bit weary but thats not the case for the previous evenings when it starts up

[Eve]

It's still quite mild so possible there are still allergens about from trees, pollen etc... Do you have your windows open in the evening?

[fruitsalad]

Windows are always open in bedroom bathroom/toilet Eve yes not downstairs though and I havent been out this evening

[weecalf]

You don't watch scd do you

[Clanad]

Here in the western U.S., the ragweed and other pollen laden growth are full... most of the pollen can't be readily seen as in the spring with the yellow fir and pine pollens. However, here, at least, the pollen induced allergies will continue until at least first frost... probably another two or three weeks the way it's shaping up...

[boxtops]

There's plenty of pollen still about - it might well be a sort of hay fever.

[Buenchico]

From the NHS website about hay fever:
"Pollens are released in the early morning. As the air warms up, they get carried up into the air above our heads. As evening comes and the air cools down, the pollen comes back down.

This means symptoms are usually worse first thing in the morning and in the evening, particularly on days that have been warm and sunny"

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/hayfever/Pages/Weatherandayfever.aspx

There are fairly few plants that produce pollen this time of year (but there are certainly some). Anyway, irrespective of whether it's pollen or not, there's almost definitely something in the air which you're allergic to, which means that you need to seek out an antihistamine treatment.

Head to your nearest pharmacy and ask for loratadine tablets. (Loratadine is the active ingredient in well-known, and often rather expensive, hay fever tablets. However if you just ask for 'loratadine' you should be offered non-branded [generic] tablets at a fraction of the cost. I recommend Co-op pharmacies as a particularly cheap source).

[pixie373]

It definitely sounds like an allergy- especially if antihistamines are helping.