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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Asthma / October 2006

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cath - 22 Oct 2006 23:02 GMT
I have had a cat for 4 years and 3 years ago I was diagnosed with
asthma. I'm basically allergic to cats and dustmite. Call me crazy, but
I was considering getting another cat, my allgery is quite mild as long
as I'm sensible, no cat in the bedroom and I was my hands if I've been
stroking her. I suppose I need to know if gettiong another cat will
make my allergy worse? Logically I'm thinking it probably will, but I
just wanted to check other peoples experinces...
NorthShoreCEO - 23 Oct 2006 12:57 GMT
>I have had a cat for 4 years and 3 years ago I was diagnosed
>with
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> but I
> just wanted to check other peoples experinces...

Not only will it make your asthma worse, but you'll probably find
you're getting sick a lot more often.  Why would you do that to
yourself?  There's no way you can keep a house clean enough to
avoid having your condition worsen.  Even with the no cat in the
bedroom rule, you'll carry the dander/hair in with you on your
clothing, and by the time you go to bed, you will have been
exposed long enough for you to probably have an attack anyway.

Sorry, but I think being sensible means just saying no to the
cat.
Melanie - 24 Oct 2006 00:39 GMT
> >I have had a cat for 4 years and 3 years ago I was diagnosed
> >with
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> Sorry, but I think being sensible means just saying no to the
> cat.

I have one cat and found out I am allergic to cats, a mild allergy of 1
but allergic nonetheless. I found I developed an immunity to her but
not to other cats. I love her dearly and my specialist said to not get
rid of her as it could stress me to the point of worsening my asthma,
plus cat dander is hard to get out of the home, if ever. In other
words, my cat is in her forever home, as they call it.

However, I would never get another cat. What if I could not handle the
allergies? It would be so unfair to take a new kitty into my home and
then have to dump her.

Perhaps you can spend extra time with the cat you already have?

~Melanie
tony broughton - 24 Oct 2006 21:05 GMT
> I have had a cat for 4 years and 3 years ago I was diagnosed with
> asthma. I'm basically allergic to cats and dustmite. Call me crazy,

You're crazy.  The problem is, your asthma isn't very bad at the moment
and you don't realise how bad it can get.  Thank your lucky stars that
it's mild at the moment and whatever you do don't do anything to
aggravate it.  You don't really want to end up on oral steroids
and being regularly hospitalised, do you?  So, I'm afraid you need
to say no to a second cat and I can only say that your most sensible
course of action would be to give the one you have now to another
home that does not have asthma.  Asthma is a serious illness and
you need to take it seriously.  Just because it's mild now doesn't
mean it can't get worse - a lot worse.

Tony
 
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