I love my cats

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I was just told by the Dr. that I have Asthma and Allergies. I also have two cats. I know for a fact that these cats make my days hard when it comes to living a comfortable life.

I am looking for a way to keep my cats!

Can anyone tell me what they have done to keep their cat's once living with them became almost to hard due to Asthma or Allergies.

I AM NOT LOOKING FOR THESE COMMENTS OR ANSWERS:

1) WHEN YOU GET OLDER YOU GET BLAH BLAH BLAH-I pay the Doctors to tell me what you are telling me..

2) GET RID OF THE CAT'S - I would not waste my time looking for solutions if that was possible.

3) CATS ARE EVIL- Everyone knows cat's are evil but we all eat chocolate don't we....

WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IS PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE CATS AND HAVE ASHTMA AND ALLERGIES WHO FOUND A WAY TO LIVE WITH THEIR CATS.
 
I've had allergies since I was a small child and asthma for the last 15 years. I have always had cats. I did allergy injections (3 times for the 5 year regimen as they do wear off) and am on Flovent for the asthma. My long time allergist retired about 20 years ago (had been going to him since I was 11 years old!) and it took a while to find another good one. When I first went to my current doc, he did all the allergy testing and asthma testing. We sat down to talk after all that and he asked if the cat could stay out of the bedroom. I said, I have a 10 x 13 color portrait of the cat made at a pet photography studio. He replied, I guess we find a way to keep the cat. That's the kind of doc I want. And he did find it and that cat is now almost 16 years old! Long haired, sleeps with me every night.
 
Hey, I understand. I've recently developed bad allergies and asthma from pollen, but you don't see me giving up all outdoor activity! Still, there are things you can do to reduce your exposure.

Ways to keep pets you are allergic to:

- Have them cleaned and groomed regularly by someone else.

- Avoid carpets which may turn into giant cat-hair mats, bare floor is better, and clean regularly. Again, best if someone else does the cleaning while you are out.

- Ideally, keep them out of the bedroom, keep hair-covered clothes out of the bedroom, and wash your sheets in hot water regularly.

On the medical side:

- Daily antihistamines. Experiment until you find one that works with minimal side effects. You may have to take it for a couple weeks to see the full benefits.

- Saline nasal rinsing.

- Steroid or antihistamine nasal spray.

- For asthma, inhaled steroiRAB.
 
You mentioned that you have allergies & asthma, but didn't say if you tested allergic to cats. Have you been tested? If not you might find out that it is something else that you are reacting to & not the cats. If you did test allergic, as another poster suggested, immunotherapy could be helpful
 
Yes, I was tested for all the standard allergens in Alabama - including cats and dogs. On a 1-4 scale, I scored 4 on all but about 2 or 3 allergens and scored a 3 on those. So, yes I am highly allergic to cats, dogs, ragweed, trees, grasses (all of them when they split them out for the individual testing to make the serum), etc etc etc.
 
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