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Suggest Treatment For Hay Fever

Hello, my husband has been suffering severe hay fever for the past 3 weeks. anti histamines are not touching him at all. He is sneezing, has extremely itchy red eyes and feels terrible. He is going to the doctors now but I was just reading up on cortisone injections. Are these still used in severe cases?
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Hi... nowadays rather than steroid injections, good intranasal steroid sprays have come. I think he should be on intranasal steroids along with oral montelukast which might make his symptoms better.

If still not getting better I suggest a short course of oral steroids and not injectable steroids.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Suggest Treatment For Hay Fever

Hi... nowadays rather than steroid injections, good intranasal steroid sprays have come. I think he should be on intranasal steroids along with oral montelukast which might make his symptoms better. If still not getting better I suggest a short course of oral steroids and not injectable steroids. Regards - Dr. Sumanth