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best anti-allergy med for cats?
Ironically I have two cats and I'm somewhat allergic - winters can be tough
since I can't open the windows. but my mother is an entirely different level. last weekend she came into our house and within 10 minutes she broke into hives and her eyes were swelling are somewhat allergic to cats in order to make their visit more tolerable? -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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best anti-allergy med for cats?
sorry for some reason part of my question got deleted - I want to know what
allergy medicine is best to offer guests that are allergic to cats. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200610/1 |
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best anti-allergy med for cats?
kitkat via CatKB.com wrote: sorry for some reason part of my question got deleted - I want to know what allergy medicine is best to offer guests that are allergic to cats. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200610/1 Hello, I don't really know what medicine is best for guests, since I wouldn't want to give someone anything, then find out they were allergic to some ingredient in the drug, and be worse off than when I started. My guests who know they have allergies to cats usually take something before coming over. If your mom just discovered she is allergic, she may want to discuss with her doctor. But, you can try to reduce the amount of allergens in your home to minimize the effects. There are shampoos that supposedly remove the dander from the cat. I haven't tried these yet, so I can't tell you how well that works. What I do do in my home, though, is use pet release carpet stuff when I vacuum (a powder by Arm & Hammer). Vacuum often, and then spray Allergen reducer Febreze on anything fabric (test per label instructions, of course). This seems to help, but I don't think it would remove the problem altogether. |
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best anti-allergy med for cats?
I',m not sure what your vacuums are like over there, but is Oz we have a Vax
Petvac which is designed to decrease allergy symptoms.It's going to be my next vacuum cleaner definitely!! Just googled it; a Us/Uk website by the look, so it should be available to you; not a bad price for this kind of thing either!! http://www.edirectory.co.uk/pf/880/m...er/pid/1523260 Have a look... "vividkid" wrote in message ps.com... kitkat via CatKB.com wrote: sorry for some reason part of my question got deleted - I want to know what allergy medicine is best to offer guests that are allergic to cats. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200610/1 Hello, I don't really know what medicine is best for guests, since I wouldn't want to give someone anything, then find out they were allergic to some ingredient in the drug, and be worse off than when I started. My guests who know they have allergies to cats usually take something before coming over. If your mom just discovered she is allergic, she may want to discuss with her doctor. But, you can try to reduce the amount of allergens in your home to minimize the effects. There are shampoos that supposedly remove the dander from the cat. I haven't tried these yet, so I can't tell you how well that works. What I do do in my home, though, is use pet release carpet stuff when I vacuum (a powder by Arm & Hammer). Vacuum often, and then spray Allergen reducer Febreze on anything fabric (test per label instructions, of course). This seems to help, but I don't think it would remove the problem altogether. |
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best anti-allergy med for cats?
meeee wrote: I',m not sure what your vacuums are like over there, but is Oz we have a Vax Petvac which is designed to decrease allergy symptoms.It's going to be my next vacuum cleaner definitely!! Just googled it; a Us/Uk website by the look, so it should be available to you; not a bad price for this kind of thing either!! http://www.edirectory.co.uk/pf/880/m...er/pid/1523260 Have a look... Hmm..looks interesting, but save for the occasional hairball, I rarely have "pet stains" to clean up and I already have a rug cleaner. NOT something I would do every time I vacuum! The Pet Release stuff I use is a rug freshener and it also makes the hair and dander "demagnetize" from the carpet fibers and much easier to suck up. The Febreze is because 1) I LOVE the smell of that stuff and 2) it does help reduce allergens with repeated use. Downside: it can be expensive as I have rugs throughout, along with curtains, upholstery, etc. BTW, that Petvac looks like our Wet/Dry Shopvac with different paint/stickers. I already have 2 of those (a big one and a small one - saves quarters instead of going to commercial machine to vacuum my car). |
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