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Relief for cat owners with allergies?

post #1 of 7
3/28/05 at 11:31am
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"Grooming" seemed to be the most appropriate place for this, since many allergy-sufferers turn here for advice. Researchers at UCLA announced yesterday that they've developed a new compound which may provide relief:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/condi...eut/index.html I hope so!
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post #2 of 7
3/28/05 at 12:00pm
yes! i read about this too this morning. seems promising both my brother and my father are allergic, as are a lot of my friends.. so it would be nice to suggest to them something to alleviate the cat allergies with
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post #3 of 7
3/28/05 at 12:06pm
Good news! I'm mildy allergic and have a few friends and relatives who are VERY allergic.

But did anyone else find it humorous, even ironic, they tested it on mice???

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Originally Posted by cnn.com
The compound, tested in mice bred to be allergic to cats, virtually shut down the histamine reaction that causes the uncomfortable symptoms of cat allergies such as runny eyes, sneezing and itching, Dr. Andrew Saxon of the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine and colleagues reported.
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post #4 of 7
3/28/05 at 12:42pm
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Originally Posted by ComeresMom

But did anyone else find it humorous, even ironic, they tested it on mice???
Now that you point that out - yes, it is ironic! Poor mousies!
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post #5 of 7
3/28/05 at 1:12pm
That's great. I am allergic to some cats, but not all interestingly. I hear it's the kind of dander they let off.
I house sat at a house and their cat made me really ill.
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post #6 of 7
3/28/05 at 2:31pm
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Originally Posted by Marge
That's great. I am allergic to some cats, but not all interestingly. I hear it's the kind of dander they let off.
I house sat at a house and their cat made me really ill.
That's how I am - no trouble with Siamese, or one or two domestic shorthairs, as long as the place is vacuumed every day, but don't let me near Persians, Angoras, etc.! The weird thing is that a friend got a Sphynx because of her cat allergy, and I can't spend any time with her cat or in her house - I have an asthma attack after about 10 minutes, and she's a real "clean freak", with little in the way of home textiles.
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post #7 of 7
3/28/05 at 6:40pm
That is great news. I have asthma and allergies to cats as well as two beautiful kitties which I would not give up for anything. Alavert helps certainly, but I would love a new medication that would work better.
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