Posting here for traffic. Assumed for a few years dd is allergic to cats. Every time she was around one, she would sneeze, go red in the face and get watery eyes. Sometimes symptoms fade quickly other times lasts longer. Dp is also allergic to cats as is the rest of his family. But no issues with dogs.
We do not have a cat. We do have a dog.
My mum has several cats as does my grandma. If we visit she was prone to getting snotty.
We've not been there for a while but visited my mum on Friday. She's got a new cat - a real fluff ball type cat. Dd an animal lover was stroking it and shortly after become very snotty. I didn't give her an antihistamine before as it was not a planned visit, I did however give her a dose when we got home.
She's been congested and snotty ever since, she's so congested it's causing her to cough, her eyes are red. She was absolutely fine prior to visit. Yes it could be a cold (likely not covid as just finished isolating last week with that with minimal symptoms).
Can a cat allergy last for days if you've been exposed to a lot of the allergens? There's also cat hair everywhere in my mums house, so would have breathed a lot of dander in too.
Posting here for traffic for any other cat allergy sufferers!
Obviously I'll be stopping visits. My mum just says that she'll shut the cat out but I feel it's all in the air anyway.
She also suffers from other allergies. Hayfever, dust mites etc. Literally have to keep everything dust free! She has no issues with our dog though! She's been around dogs from a very young age though...
Can a cat allergy last for days after a trigger?