{"id":42374,"date":"2023-04-05T13:51:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mylocaloptician.co.uk\/?p=22198"},"modified":"2023-04-05T13:51:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:51:33","slug":"tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to the public on Hay Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"

The College of Optometrists offers eye health tips as hay fever season kicks in <\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

College advises how hay fever sufferers can manage symptoms and minimise effects<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Met office has forecast that the pollen count will be high over the next few days across many areas of England and Wales and with that, comes the onset of hay fever for many people. Almost ten million Britons* are affected by hay fever, and the College has issued the following advice for those suffering symptoms affecting their eyes:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Rinse your eyes regularly with a dedicated eye wash to remove any dust and pollen from the surface<\/li>\n
  • Use a cold compress to provide temporary relief and help reduce inflammation of the eye. Dry eye drops that have been cooled in the fridge can have a similar effect<\/li>\n
  • Wear sunglasses when outside \u2013 wraparound styles offer more protection from pollen<\/li>\n
  • Switch from contact lenses to spectacles if you develop eye symptoms. Make sure you have an up-to-date pair of prescription spectacles and sunglasses<\/li>\n
  • Avoid your exposure to pollen by closing windows and keeping surfaces clear with a damp duster<\/li>\n
  • Avoid going out in the early evening and midmorning when the pollen count is at its highest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Dr Paramdeep Bilkhu MCOptom, Clinical Adviser at The College of Optometrists, said: \u201cAs we enter hay fever season and people start to spend more time outside, it\u2019s important to highlight the impact hay fever can have on our eyes, and how we can relieve the symptoms.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAs one of the most common allergic conditions, hay fever can cause considerable discomfort, making your eyes red, itchy and swollen. While trying to avoid pollen as much as possible will help lessen the symptoms, sufferers can also visit their pharmacist to get medicated eye drops to help alleviate the itching and swelling. One of the most widespread groups of eye drops used to help relieve these symptoms are \u2018mast cell stabilisers\u2019 and can be used to prevent the symptoms before they start if you know when they might arise. If you develop eye symptoms, antihistamine eye drops can help treat the allergic reaction quickly. Your optometrist will be able to recommend which eye drops are most suitable for your needs and where you can get them from. Your optometrist is also well placed to advise on how to keep your eyes comfortable throughout the hay fever season.\u201d<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    How hay fever sufferers can manage symptoms and minimise effects<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28397,"featured_media":21843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2966],"tags":[2987],"class_list":["post-42374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-health-well-being","tag-hay-fever"],"yoast_head":"\nTips to the public on Hay Fever - My Local Optician<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The pollen count will be high over the next few days across many areas of England and Wales and with that, comes the onset of hay fever.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tips to the public on Hay Fever - My Local Optician\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The pollen count will be high over the next few days across many areas of England and Wales and with that, comes the onset of hay fever.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"My Local Optician\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-05T13:51:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bob Hutchinson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bob Hutchinson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bob Hutchinson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e42a8a57cf4636e9996f181656903b81\"},\"headline\":\"Tips to the public on Hay Fever\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-05T13:51:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":404,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"Hay Fever\"],\"articleSection\":[\"General Health and Well-being\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tips to the public on Hay Fever - My Local Optician\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-05T13:51:33+00:00\",\"description\":\"The pollen count will be high over the next few days across many areas of England and Wales and with that, comes the onset of hay fever.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tips to the public on Hay Fever\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/\",\"name\":\"My Local Optician\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"My Local Optician\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/my-local-optician.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/my-local-optician.png\",\"width\":274,\"height\":105,\"caption\":\"My Local Optician\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e42a8a57cf4636e9996f181656903b81\",\"name\":\"Bob Hutchinson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bob Hutchinson\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bedotdev.com\\\/mylocaloptician\\\/profile\\\/bob-hutchinson\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tips to the public on Hay Fever - My Local Optician","description":"The pollen count will be high over the next few days across many areas of England and Wales and with that, comes the onset of hay fever.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tips to the public on Hay Fever - My Local Optician","og_description":"The pollen count will be high over the next few days across many areas of England and Wales and with that, comes the onset of hay fever.","og_url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/","og_site_name":"My Local Optician","article_published_time":"2023-04-05T13:51:33+00:00","author":"Bob Hutchinson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bob Hutchinson","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/"},"author":{"name":"Bob Hutchinson","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/#\/schema\/person\/e42a8a57cf4636e9996f181656903b81"},"headline":"Tips to the public on Hay Fever","datePublished":"2023-04-05T13:51:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/"},"wordCount":404,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["Hay Fever"],"articleSection":["General Health and Well-being"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/","url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/","name":"Tips to the public on Hay Fever - My Local Optician","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2023-04-05T13:51:33+00:00","description":"The pollen count will be high over the next few days across many areas of England and Wales and with that, comes the onset of hay fever.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/tips-to-the-public-on-hay-fever\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tips to the public on Hay Fever"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/","name":"My Local Optician","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/#organization","name":"My Local Optician","url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/my-local-optician.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/my-local-optician.png","width":274,"height":105,"caption":"My Local Optician"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/#\/schema\/person\/e42a8a57cf4636e9996f181656903b81","name":"Bob Hutchinson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bob Hutchinson"},"url":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/profile\/bob-hutchinson\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28397"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/places\/21843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}