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[lee hayes]

HI all,

I suffer really bad with hayfever in england a have for years since iw as a baby. But when i go abroad i dont seem to suffer at all. I'm just sorting everything out to move over, So has anyone else suffered here in england move to cyprus and suffer no more or it has died down and not as bad for them please help.

Many thank

Lee

[devil]

What are you allergic to? There are some allergens here, such as olive and pine pollens.

[Bill]

As mentioned you can be affected by different pollens etc so I couldn't give you a definitive answer.

But I can say that two of my three sons suffer badly as does my wife from hay fever in the UK .

But they aren't affected at all in Cyprus -- even in spring when everything is in full bloom .

So going by my own experiences I would stick my neck out and say you will probably not be suffering

Bill

[lee hayes]

Thanks bill for your answer that was a great help to me many thanks again

Lee

[Crivens]

Yeah, don't worry. Personally I've had hayfever pretty bad over the years, and my last place in the UK (near Ascot) totally sucked as I was next to some woods. Where I went to uni was next to the sea and I was a lot better. Living in Dubai for a few months in the summer a while back, while unbearingly hot, didn't make me sneeze or have hayfever symptoms once.

Ok, so I've been here since last november so haven't got full summer yet, but the closest I got was visiting my parents in Limassol a couple of weeks ago. They have quite a bit of grass around the area and it was being cut at the same time. I arrived in a convertible MX5, got attacked by my parent's dog (also have asthma and fur based allergies - which both have died down massively BTW), and got my hair cut. All of that gave me the beginnings of asthma (not enough even for the pump) and the slightest of hayfever. But nothing compared to the UK.

Oh, and I also stomped around a lot of Cyprus on my holiday last week and went up mountains (snowing for god sake...) down gorges, streams, waterfalls, orange groves, and typical british type countryside, and I didn't get any signs of hayfever at all. Didn't even sneeze.

Ok, I live in the middle of town and everyone is effected by different things, but I'm guessing the UK has a typical type of grass or plant that applies to a lot of sufferers, or perhaps we just reacted to it over the years (I was fine till about 12 years old). Then again probably best not to live in the middle of a large field and surround yourself with flowers. But I'm guessing you don't already. Yep, I put my foot down. We have cactus and palm trees. Stuff the rest...

Cheers

[twinkle]

In the UK my hayfever started in May and ended in August. Here it starts in March and ends in May. I think mine is the Olive pollen. Nasty stuff. Try Citrizene. CYP3.50 for 30 tablets, 1 a day. It's the generic Zyrtec.

[CatSitter_Limassol]

Also, I've heard it recommended to eat honey produced within a 7 mile radius of where you live. Apparently bees only fly a certain distance and this way it allows you to build up a tolerance of the different pollen types within your immediate vicinity.