Eleanor Galvin

Or if you have a cat or a dog and they're coming in from outside,

Give them a little brush by the back door, slightly wet brush, and hope that that gets a little bit of the pollen off them.

We have a poor dog who suffers from that herself.

Well, I suppose it's trial and error.

Some work better for people than others work.

And then there's prescription strength ones.

So the kind of maximum dose of an antihistamine you can get on prescription is probably much higher than you can get in a pharmacy.

And you can get a very long prescription for it.

It will do you the six months.

I suppose nobody wants to be taking medicine if we do have a dreadful August.

I mean, we're not expecting a great September.

I would say don't be taking it then.

But certainly in hay fever season, take your hay fever medication because hay fever is very miserable.

And then I suppose it's to plan ahead for what you will do for other years.

And sometimes if you are really suffering with hay fever, it is worth looking at immunotherapy through allergy clinics or immunotherapy specialists.

And do the normal practical things about not putting your...

That does sound like the flu.

And just because it's now doesn't mean it's not the flu.

Is there much flu around?

Well, there's always a little bit of COVID around and there's always a little bit of flu around and people go to other countries and people bring back things and small bit of spikes things.