What Can I Do For Severe Allergy To Cat?
February 8, 2010 by admin
Filed under Allergy Questions
my daughter,s got a cat and it just had kittens so we been keeping it in the house, i,m on precription allergy medication but i,m still so allergy to the cat thats its affecting my breathing, any suggestions?
1. Keep your bedroom door closed! People spend a lot of time in their bedrooms and it can your help allergies immensly if you’re not breathing in cat fur on your pillow all night. This is the easiest and most effective thing to do.
2. Look into getting an air filter (one with a HEPA filter). I have several in the house and I’m always amazed at all the crap they’ve filtered out from the air when I go to clean them. Sometimes you can find air filters at secondhand stores, however, these usually need a new HEPA filter (which is fairly expensive). Otherwise you can find them online or at stores like JC Penny.
3. Check out your local pet stores for allergy wipes. They’re similar to those waterless bath wipes. While they probably won’t significantly improve your allergies by themselves, they can lessen the burden.
4. Vacuum vacuum vacuum! Get all that pet hair off your carpets so you’re not breathing it in all the time.
5. Brush the cat so you can take care of loose fur before it’s all over your house (better yet, have your husband/wife/significant other do it so you don’t have to be exposed to the hair when the cat is getting brushed).
In addition to the allergy rinse, you can also get that Febreeze Allergen Reducer and spray it in your house. That reduces allergens by about 70%. Hope that helps. Good luck!
I also have allergies to cats but despite this have 2 adult cats – I do this by keeping my house clean, taking allergy meds and asthma meds – it sounds worse than it is because I took all of that medication before the cats already. However, it sounds like you should attempt to get the kittens off to loving homes because if I come in contact with alot of cats my allergies are insane. My suggestion would be to keep your daughters cat and slowly adopt out the kittens – I also would strongly suggest that you partner w/ an animal adoption agency so that you can ensure a healthy happy home for the kitties.
Isolate the cat and kittens, if you can, in one area of the house. Dust and vaccuum every day. Wash your hands and arms up to your elbows every time you touch them. Don’t touch your face or hold them up to your face.
Bathe the cat especially and her kittens if you can. They do make anti-allergen sprays. I think they’re available through your allergist and through some vets.
get rid of the cat
get rid of the cats and get a dog.
oviously, try to stay away from the cat and her kittens as much as posssible, if that doesnt work, im afraid you would proberbly have to sell them. be sure to remind your daughter that they will be happy at their new home. you should get a dog! and a cocker poo would be fabulous as they don’t shed their hair!
talk to you doctor there are shots that you can get for allergies. My brother got a series in his back because of pet dander allergies.
Your vet can prescribe an allergy rinse for your pet, but that means you must assume the new task of applying this rinse on your cat – which they’re usually not fond of…sorry.