Dec 11, 2008

A brief overview about cat skin allergy

Cats are the man’s best friend and cat allergy is mostly common with all those people who have cats as their pet at home. Many people who possess cat allergy believe that they are allergic to cat’s hair. But, actually these people who are suffering from this cat allergy occurs because of a protein that is present in cat’s skin and saliva.
However, the cat allergy symptoms can appear in various forms, they can manifest even singularly and even in combination, and moreover they can come and disappear for no clear reason. So you may be wrong in judging that those symptoms can be due to cold or a sore throat. Some of the real reasons of cat allergy is ringing and clogged ears, watering, burning and red eyes, skin rashes and also cold and sore throat.
Cat skin allergy is mostly seen in those people who are sensitive to this kind of protein. Cats bear a protein in their skin that is known as Fel d 1 and due to the increase in production of protein that depends on hormone level of animals. The male cats consist of high allergic protein that basically affects individuals having cat skin allergy to be rather more sensitive in male cats despite female cats.
Cats are said to be known as clean animals and they constantly groom themselves by licking their body, which transfer the protein into their fur from their saliva and skin. While the protein gets dumped in the body, it is then released into the air and if a person is allergic to this protein, it may exhibits the sign of cat skin allergy. These cat allergens stay in the air for longer period of time and it is difficult to eliminate it from the furnishings of home.
The best ways to determine whether you are suffering from cat allergy is by removing cats from the house for almost two weeks and vacuum and clean each and everything your cat was in touch with and see whether the symptoms are lessened or disappears

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