Claire Byrne

The Clare Byrne Show on Newstalk.

With Aviva Insurance.

I'm joined by GP Eleanor Galvin, who's here to talk about some of the health problems and issues that can crop up at this time of the year.

Hello, Eleanor.

Lovely to have you with us.

So these are things that we never really think about, I would risk saying.

So medicines that don't behave well in the sun and in the heat, firstly.

Well that's a big danger I mean exploding obviously not good but if you use something and you continue to take your prescription and it's not effective that's you're in a danger zone there right?

So if people have to transport something like insulin on a plane or on a long journey, how do you advise them to do that?

I'd say there's an awful lot of people who don't know this.

Yeah, that's very good advice that I think might be overlooked.

Now, it is hay fever season as well, so people will be on their antihistamines.

Any advice on that?

Because I hear different things every year, like you shouldn't be on the same one for more than a couple of weeks, that your system will get used to it, you should change brand.

Is there anything in any of that?

Can you take both?

Can you take the anti-histamine tablet and the spray?

Yeah.

Yeah.

So it's we're getting it from all sides.