Have had terrible non-specific allergy symptoms for the past year or so. Was never quite sure what the cause was. Have been living on piriton and got used to feeling permanently slightly ill. We moved last week and the symptoms disappeared; I decided they'd obviously been down to the damp/ mould issue we had in our old house.
Until our cat came back from the cattery yesterday and once he'd had a good mooch came and sat on my lap for a cuddle. Within minutes I was streaming again, swollen eyes, the works. I don't know what to do. Are there ways I can minimise it? Reduce my exposure? I don't want to re-home him but I cannot live with feeling ill all the time. The last week has been a revelation - I hadn't realised how awful I was feeling until it stopped.
It never even occurred to me it could be him (even though the timescales are right 😑) because we had a cat when I was a child and I never had any issues. I don't know what to do!