I am in a huge amount of distress. 4 Months ago, my girlfriend and I moved into our new apartment. Prior to even recieveing our furniture we adopted two absolutly beatiful kittens from North Shore Animal League in New York. My grilfriend new beforehand that she was allergic to cats. At first it was nothing.. she would sneeze a bit and sometimes get a rash if she was scratched.
2 months ago, she started working at a pet store. Around the same time, she started having non-stop congestion of her nose. Since then, she hasn't been able to taste any of her food, and keeps both of us up at nights because she can't sleep. She is always complaining about hwo annoying it is, and how she never has any relief.
The doctor gave her 300mg samples of Allegra, an allergy medication and she thought that it cleared up her symptoms. After the samples ran out, the symptoms started all over again. We went out and bought an actual prescription of Allegra from the drugstore. Now she's taking that, and it doesn't seem to be working at all.
I know your first assumption is going ot be that it is the pet store and not the cats so much. She already thought of that and said that even if she is allergic to the pet store, she wants her home to be a place where she can get away from the allergens, which I totally agree with. However, I wish there was some way to keep the cats from causing her all this pain. She is decided that we have to get rid of them.. and I just can't stop thinking about ways to keep them. I've checked out a lot of web sites that talk about what to do. Many of them suggest:
* Buying an air purifier
* Bathing the cats once per week
* Vaccuuming the house and furniture every day, after putting a special filter on the vaccuum.
*Adding a treatment to their cat food that makes them stop shedding
I don't know what else to do. Any sugegstions at all would be helpful. Thank you.
2 months ago, she started working at a pet store. Around the same time, she started having non-stop congestion of her nose. Since then, she hasn't been able to taste any of her food, and keeps both of us up at nights because she can't sleep. She is always complaining about hwo annoying it is, and how she never has any relief.
The doctor gave her 300mg samples of Allegra, an allergy medication and she thought that it cleared up her symptoms. After the samples ran out, the symptoms started all over again. We went out and bought an actual prescription of Allegra from the drugstore. Now she's taking that, and it doesn't seem to be working at all.
I know your first assumption is going ot be that it is the pet store and not the cats so much. She already thought of that and said that even if she is allergic to the pet store, she wants her home to be a place where she can get away from the allergens, which I totally agree with. However, I wish there was some way to keep the cats from causing her all this pain. She is decided that we have to get rid of them.. and I just can't stop thinking about ways to keep them. I've checked out a lot of web sites that talk about what to do. Many of them suggest:
* Buying an air purifier
* Bathing the cats once per week
* Vaccuuming the house and furniture every day, after putting a special filter on the vaccuum.
*Adding a treatment to their cat food that makes them stop shedding
I don't know what else to do. Any sugegstions at all would be helpful. Thank you.