A Non-Doctor Asks...

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Frobester May 2014 1:53pm, 23 May 2014 25,890 posts	0 Frobester Not running-related, because I'm not running at the moment (still trying to shake this tibilalis tendonitis. Anyway. Does anyone know if the onset of hayfever is in any way connected with age? Since I became an official Old Git, I've been struck with hayfever progressively more and more each year - it started properly about a couple of years ago. I'm 50. Thanks in advance.
mulbs May 2014 2:24pm, 23 May 2014 10,525 posts	0 mulbs a non-doctor replies: I "grew out of" hayfever and into asthma in my mid-20s and then out of both in my mid-30s, my husband seems to be developing hayfever in his 40s. Make of that what you will!
Frobester May 2014 2:27pm, 23 May 2014 25,893 posts	0 Frobester To co-opt an Americanism, that's right proper fecked-up!
Velociraptor May 2014 2:36pm, 23 May 2014 29,769 posts	0 Velociraptor Yes, it's not uncommon for hay fever symptoms to start in, ahem, middle age.
Frobester May 2014 2:37pm, 23 May 2014 25,894 posts	0 Frobester Thanks V'rap. On both counts!
SillyFencer May 2014 2:41pm, 23 May 2014 1,103 posts	0 SillyFencer I never had it in my life until last year. I was 34
minardi. May 2014 2:42pm, 23 May 2014 2,556 posts	0 minardi. another non-doctor replies: my hubby is a darn sight older than any of you and developed hay fever a couple of years ago which seems to be getting worse and at the moment has brought him out in major itchiness spreading all over his body and a nasty cough. An actual real life doctor has put him on a strength of anti-histamine that makes my eyes water
K9 May 2014 8:47am, 24 May 2014 722 posts	0 K9 I never had hayfever until my mid 30s....and now have it all year round - not just pollen, but perfumes, cleaning agent fumes, alcohol hand gel, something in the ventilation at work...