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Marie, 19

I’ve recently started as a student in Manchester which was my first choice for my course and I’m really enjoying it. However, last summer I was really worried that I wasn’t going to get anywhere, let alone my first choice because of my hayfever. I used to get really watery eyes and an itchy nose. To cap it all, the sneezing was awful which made me really popular in the library when I was trying to revise and I really couldn’t concentrate. My teacher wanted me to have the best chance of doing well in my exams and told me to get an anti-histamine tablet. I chose Clarityn Allergy (loratadine) because it doesn’t make you drowsy. I stocked up in advance of my key exams and it worked out really well. I know what I am doing for my first year exams this summer!

If you are a hayfever or allergy sufferer, you may recognize your situation from one, or some, of the following case studies. Please note that the case studies are fictional examples intended to demonstrate symptoms of and possible treatments for, hayfever.

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