BootyBurgers Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Okay so its been a while since i've written one of these things. The other day my friend came over to watch the Seahawks and 49ers game (glad the Seahawks won!) Now my friend has a few cats and I happen to be allergic to cats. When she came over she decided to change (she borrowed a pair of pjs from me) So she left her clothes in my room. She ended up forgetting them. So last night I was in my room and I realized that her clothes were still here. Little did I know they were covered in cat hair(and dander and such). I have never been horribly allergic to cats so I didn't really think much of it. My nose usually gets a little runny and I get a little sneezy (which is never a bad thing! ). This was insanely different. I was a mess. There was a deep itch in my nose that I couldn't get rid of, I was sneezing constantly (I was sneezing about 3 times every five minutes) and my sneezes were explosive and messy. My sneezes when I have a cold can get messy but my allergy sneezes are hardly ever messy unless they're really bad. Last night I needed to sneeze into a tissue or I would have ended up with a handful of snot. I must have used a 1/4th of a brand new box of tissues. It was really crazy! I don't know why her clothes had such an impact. My only guess is that my allergies got worse.Hope you guys enjoy. Link to comment
PetalPunk Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 God bless you! I guess they must have gotten worse. Or I'm no expert, but if you haven't been around cats in a while, the reaction can be more severe. I think allowing an allergen to be present when you are makes the reaction less severe. Does this make sense? Maybe over time being around cats for a little bit at a time builds up immunity and then possibly taking a break from being around cats and then suddenly sniff cat dander, maybe causes a more severe reaction. Link to comment
BootyBurgers Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 God bless you! I guess they must have gotten worse. Or I'm no expert, but if you haven't been around cats in a while, the reaction can be more severe.I think allowing an allergen to be present when you are makes the reaction less severe. Does this make sense? Maybe over time being around cats for a little bit at a time builds up immunity and then possibly taking a break from being around cats and then suddenly sniff cat dander, maybe causes a more severe reaction. totally makes sense! It actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks Link to comment
FreeFluShots Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Last night I needed to sneeze into a tissue or I would have ended up with a handful of snotOH MY... Link to comment
sneezomania Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Hope you guys enjoy. I certainly did. Thanks for posting! Link to comment
PetalPunk Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 God bless you! I guess they must have gotten worse. Or I'm no expert, but if you haven't been around cats in a while, the reaction can be more severe.I think allowing an allergen to be present when you are makes the reaction less severe. Does this make sense? Maybe over time being around cats for a little bit at a time builds up immunity and then possibly taking a break from being around cats and then suddenly sniff cat dander, maybe causes a more severe reaction.totally makes sense! It actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks have you been absent from cats for a while? Link to comment
BootyBurgers Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 God bless you! I guess they must have gotten worse. Or I'm no expert, but if you haven't been around cats in a while, the reaction can be more severe.I think allowing an allergen to be present when you are makes the reaction less severe. Does this make sense? Maybe over time being around cats for a little bit at a time builds up immunity and then possibly taking a break from being around cats and then suddenly sniff cat dander, maybe causes a more severe reaction.totally makes sense! It actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks have you been absent from cats for a while?I have actually! Link to comment
PetalPunk Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 God bless you! I guess they must have gotten worse. Or I'm no expert, but if you haven't been around cats in a while, the reaction can be more severe.I think allowing an allergen to be present when you are makes the reaction less severe. Does this make sense? Maybe over time being around cats for a little bit at a time builds up immunity and then possibly taking a break from being around cats and then suddenly sniff cat dander, maybe causes a more severe reaction.totally makes sense! It actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks have you been absent from cats for a while?I have actually!Well that's probably why you sneezed your head off. but it's all good. I enjoyed reading your obs. Link to comment
Hygge Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Oh man that sounded intense! I'm the same way if I haven't been around cats! Especially new cats haha. For some reason cats that I haven't already had an allergy attack around are always the worst. It's like I develop around familiar cats until my allergy is less severe, but if I haven't been around the cat for a while or if I'm around a totally different cat, it goes haywire. Weird. Link to comment
Floating Feather Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Always happy to know about cat allergies! Thank you for sharing. Link to comment
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