Is it possible to develop hay fever late in life?

[grinningghost]

I feel downright miserable today, and all I can think is hay fever. I've never had it before mind you. But today, my head feels stuffy, I've got nasty postnasal drip, itchy ears and throat and I just feel tired. It doesn't feel like a normal cold.

What do you think?

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

That sounds like hay fever to me. I didn't develope it until I was 18. Then I moved from Michigan to SC at 28 and it stopped. Then it started again a few years later. Maybe it just depends on how strong certain kinds of pollen are. I also started developing sinus infections from it in the last 3 years... I am just falling to pieces...

 

[scarlett873]

i had no allergy problems until i had turned 21...then overnight, i developed allergies!! now i suffer twice a year with them...

the itchy ears/throat is the WORST...

 

[grinningghost]

Originally posted by scarlett873
i had no allergy problems until i had turned 21...then overnight, i developed allergies!! now i suffer twice a year with them...

the itchy ears/throat is the WORST...

Yes! I have to make a really horrible sound with my throat to "scratch" it. I can only do it when I'm alone, because someone would have me locked up otherwise.

 

[crz4mm2]

Yes. It is entirely possible. Here in the midwest we are allergy central. Thank goodness for Claritan, Zyrtec etc.

 

[snoopy]

I took my grandmother to the doctors last May, she had been feeling really bad for weeks. The doctor told her it was hay fever. She said how could that be, she was 80-something, and she never had hay fever before? He told her that eventually, everyone who lives in this area is going to get hay fever.

So yes, its definately possible, and in this area, probable.

 

[palmtreegirl]

I had allergies for years and then last year they just stopped, if that can happen then I'm sure they can start later in life too.

Zyrtec use to work wonders for me.

 

[missypie]

I grew up in southern Illinois farm country and didn't have any allergies. I moved to Texas at 23 and within 2 years I had allergies. They stayed about the same for about 20 years, then last year I started getting hives from seasonal allergies!

 

[JerseyJanice]

Hay fever can go 'dormant' too.

I had it pretty bad when I was a child. Around adolescence or so, it seemed that pollen didn't bother me at all. I remember my mother asking about it during a pediatrician's visit and him telling her that it can go away, then re-surface later in life.

Sure enough, I got a bad sinus infection when I was about 32 brought on by hay fever, and I've been bothered with it ever since.

The good news is that there are a lot better medicines available to treat it than since I was a kid.

See a doctor. Claritin works remarkably well for me.

 

[damo]

Hayfever is caused by ragweed. Thankfully, up here, we're only affected by it from Mid august until November. I never got affected by it until after I had my kids. It is awful and caused my sinuses to be affected from November until about June from the after effects of hayfever. Thank goodness for July