Cat Allergies
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Topic: Cat Allergies
Posted By: FionaS
Subject: Cat Allergies
Date Posted: 04 November 2009 at 3:47pm
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Anyone have a child who is allergic to cats / cat dander? If yes, would you be willing to share your experience...symptoms, age of onset etc?
TIA!  ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 November 2009 at 4:36pm
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are you thinking ashley may be allergic? a quick google didnt seem to me to relate to anything you have said in regards to ashley... or are you hoping to be allergic to cats so you can get rid of one.. LOL! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 04 November 2009 at 4:52pm
Haha Bizzy...yeap I'd LOVE to get rid of my cats  They drive me nuts.------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 04 November 2009 at 5:11pm
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Natalie is allergic to cats (and dogs, and cow's milk and eggs lol ). We noticed it around 5 months, at the same time her eczema and nasal congestion showed up!
For her, she breaks out in hives/rash within minutes of being in contact with our cat (and anywhere else she's rubbed with her hands). Generally she's ok just patting the cat, but if the cat has been cleaning herself, or if Natalie gets licked directly, the hives are there immediately. If it's really bad we give her a dose of antihistamine, but generally just washing the area with soapy water is enough for the hives to subside within 30mins or so. Her specialist actually advised keeping the cat, as animal allergies lessen with exposure (whereas food allergies increase with exposure...crazy but true!) And being exposed to cats as children can apparently reduce the risk of asthma later in life (although my SIL would beg to differ!) 
The good thing is that with Natalie's last blood tests, the cat allergy had come down from highly allergic to moderate, and we're definitely noticing less reactions (and the cat is retty much her best friend, so she spends all day with her). Not sure how much the allergic rhinitis is related to the cat allergy, but given that the snottiness disappeared by taking dairy and egg out of our diets, and she's still in contact with the cat, I'm guessing the hives are pretty much the only symptom. Hope that helps a little. -------------  
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 November 2009 at 9:03pm
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Bizzy wrote:Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 1:47pm
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I'd never had an allergy in my life...until the last year and now I've devloped dust mite allergy. My eyes are always itchy and if I grab sometime from a draw that has been there for more than about 3 months I can't wear it before washing it . ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 2:04pm
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Last year Spencer came up as having a reaction to cats, we had 4 cats at the time 2 have passed away now. The paed said allergic children tend to react to things in their environment so because we have cats he is reactive to them. We were advised not to get rid of them, phew cos I love my cats. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 2:05pm
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James has allergy to cat hair/dader i frist saw a attack at around 6 months hir eyes were puffy and red and watery ,he had a horrable rash on the side of his ace and he became very weezzy a i frecked out my mum took us to a doc and he was given a antihistermine he takes 5mls every day as james loves cats and will chase them if he stays on his med he is fine i am hoping he will outgrow this as james would love a cat ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |