hayfever

[sweetmag]

my 2 and a half year old daughter has suddenly started to sneeze and her eyes are red and she keeps rubbing them has she got hayfever or is it just a simple cold?

[tradey]

my 2yr old is the same i took her to the docs thinking it was hayfever but no just a cold,but take her to the docs it maybe she has hayfever you never know

[meltoadhall]

i agree take to the docs for a definite yes or no.

I get those symptoms and I have hayfever, but everyone is different

[puzzled54]

She seems a bit young to have hayfever. Take her or phone doc for advice, but if you wait a couple days, you should be able to tell if a cold is developing.

[xanderma]

My friend's daughter has had the same symptoms at this time of year since she was just 2. This year (she's now 4) my friend is thinking for certain that it's hayfever, so I would say that they CAN get it so young.

As a sufferer myself, I'd say you'll know one way or the other in a couple of weeks or so - if the symptoms don't go, it could well be an allergy, not necessarily to pollen, but to anything.

I noticed that Boots now do an anti-histamine syrup suitable for age 2+, non-drowsy obviously. It's the same drug as I use, and I find it very effective - called loratadine, I'm not sure of the spelling!

Good luck