Cat allergies...

Re: Cat allergies...

fairy — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:19:43 GMT

I am allergic to cats- I have piriton in the evening and ceritizine in the morning.

Don't let the cat in the bedroom and wash all settee throws, bedding etc every week.

Re: Cat allergies...

Mark Hedberg — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:44:29 GMT

Ask your GP about fexofenadine - that's telfast or allegra. Long acting twice daily antihistamine, great for stuff that the OTC stuff doesn't touch.

Re: Cat allergies...

Emma Bartlett — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 08:32:24 GMT

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I would suggest trying Petalcleanse too, they have a few products in their range that may help

Re: Cat allergies...

Nicola Smith — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:09:25 GMT

I am allergic to cats as well but own a cat! I always make sure I wash my hands before touching my face as that always sets me off. I have used petal cleanse and found it worked really well when I was going through a bad patch. Mine seems to come and go a bit. Some cats at work set me off really badly but find washing my hands and face helps. I have steroid nose drops for when bad as I get nasal polyps forming when I am particularly bad which my consultant prescribed after allergy testing. He advised about having cat free bedroom etc as well and use throws you can wash regularly over your furniture as easier to defluff that way! Regular grooming definitely helpful too.

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azlana — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:32:05 GMT

As a VN with cat allergies i would get your oter half on some antihistasmines has helped me no end I also have 3 cats best thing i find is wash hands after handleing them and also dont let them on the bed. Go speak to your GP as i found i had asthma because of cat dander. its that time of year where they are shedding so a good groom may help aswell.

Katie

Re: Cat allergies...

Jo Oakden — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:25:38 GMT

I agree with the above, my husband is asthmatic and was very allergic to the cats, but he has got better with time, and we just make cat free zones, so they don't really go upstairs, bedroom doors are closed etc and he takes antihistamines from the doctors -fexofenadine- which really helped. He now is absolutely fine and only gets a rash if he gets a scratch etc, but his breathing is fine now.

Re: Cat allergies...

Fuzzyduck — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:16:41 GMT

Is your other half taking medication for the allergy? If not then that would be a good place to start. Also when my now husband moved in with my 2 cats he had quite bad allergies to them. But after a while, month or so I believe the allergy got less and less and now he barely has a problem, he's still allergic to other cats, just not ours. So possibly this might happen with your other half too

Re: Cat allergies...

Sal the 1st — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 19:14:40 GMT

petalcleanse?