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Allerpet C ? has anyone used this on their cat?
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KartveliT
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Allerpet C ? has anyone used this on their cat?
Just curious if anyone has used it and what the results were?
Message edited 12/31/2011 12:14:24 PM.
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Porrruss
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Re: Allerpet C ? has anyone used this on their cat?
If your child has a cat allergy, please rehome the cat.
I have a very close relationship with our pediatric allergist because all my children have both food and environmental allergies.
A cat allergy in a child is NOT the same as a dog allergy nor a cat allergy in an adult. Cat allergy in a child can really cause severe asthma and is rarely outgrown. When my DD was tested and showed a positive reaction to cats, our allergist was ADAMENT that the cats be rehomed. Last year when my DS tested positive for a dog allergy, the same allergist was not as forceful with regards to rehoming our dog immediately. We put our son on 3 different types of medications until we found Luna a suitable home. We were prepared to keep Luna and just deal with TJ being on meds, but thankfully a perfect home fell into our laps.
I read your other thread and do NOT agree that you should be seeking 2nd opinions regarding allergy testing nor putting your child on medications so you can keep a pet. My opinion obviously but I just don't feel it's responsible to pump a child full of medications to keep a pet- especially if you are able to give that pet to a responsible place. An adult can choose to live hopped on medications, a child should not have that choice made for them.
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| Posted 1/2/12 9:52 AM |
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KartveliT
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Re: Allerpet C ? has anyone used this on their cat?
Posted by Porrruss
I read your other thread and do NOT agree that you should be seeking 2nd opinions regarding allergy testing nor putting your child on medications so you can keep a pet.
I posted we would NOT put my DD on medication. 
Even though DD's cat allergy seems to be very, very mild we are not going to put her health at risk bc of a cat, so if the cat has to go it has to go, but we are willing to try few things AFTER talking to 3 different doctors (our regular allergist, PED and and an ENT)
But thanks for your concern .
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| Posted 1/2/12 10:19 PM |
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Porrruss
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Re: Allerpet C ? has anyone used this on their cat?
Posted by KartveliT
Posted by Porrruss
I read your other thread and do NOT agree that you should be seeking 2nd opinions regarding allergy testing nor putting your child on medications so you can keep a pet.
I posted we would NOT put my DD on medication.
Even though DD's cat allergy seems to be very, very mild we are not going to put her health at risk bc of a cat, so if the cat has to go it has to go, but we are willing to try few things AFTER talking to 3 different doctors (our regular allergist, PED and and an ENT)
But thanks for your concern .
I suppose I wasn't clear. I meant that I didn't agree with *other posters* who were suggesting you get a 2nd opinion, or use meds. Sorry for that.
That said, I don't understand how you can say your child has a "very very mild" allergy yet your allergist said it looks serious by the reaction on the skin test? My DD's diagnosis of allergies was also found out through a standard skin test series that included cat- we were initially just worried about food allergies.
The skin test showed serious, but at the time her symptoms were only a persistently red and runny nose. That was it. I truly thought it was just typical winter congestion. Then she developed asthma about a month after her diagnosis while we were still in the process of rehoming our cats. Now she wheezes when she's around cats and she's very susceptable to serious respiratory problems from just the common cold.
The only way to determine exactly how serious an allergy is through a blood test-though the skin test reaction is pretty accurate regarding mild vs. serious.
Look, I'm not judging you. Keep your cat, send it away, whatever. I was just sharing the information I have regarding pet allergies as I was in the exact same position you were in.
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