What are the symptoms of cat allergies?
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My cousin has serious problems with cat allergies.. As you know, Cat allergy can play havoc with the eyes, nose, ears, throat, lungs, and skin. The eyes may become red, itchy, watery, or swollen. The nose may itch, run, sneeze, or become congested. The ears may become plugged or itchy. The throat may have post-nasal drip, frequent throat clearing, itching and hoarseness. The lung symptoms may include coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and frequent bronchitis. The skin may develop itchy rashes or hives.
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serious side effects, \n\nan allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of the throat; swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; or hives); \nan irregular or fast heartbeat; \nchest pains or very high blood pressure (blurred vision, severe headache, flushing); \nunusual behavior or confusion; or \nliver damage (yellowing of the skin or eyes, nausea, abdominal pain or discomfort, unusual bleeding or bruising, severe fatigue).
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I believe that the allergy is actually to some kind of enzyme in the cat's saliva or something.  You know, you can go to an allergy clinic and have them test you and then desensitize you to the allergen.  You will get weekly shots until you don't react as severely. I think that is how it works.
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Get rid of the cat - hah, I say.  Unless you and your friend cohabitate that's a bit extreme.\n\nMy best friend is allergic to cats and we meet elsewhere and I make sure that I've brushed all the cat hair off my personage.  If we do need to meet at my place I make sure I vaccuum and dust before he arrives and lock the cats up in the bedroom so they won't get near him.  \n\nHe makes sure he takes anti-histamine and allergy meds.\n\nWe both give a bit and it works just fine.
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If you mean "water coming out of your nose" is clear mucus and lots of it? Then that is a symptom of allergies. But it is just one symptom, usually you'll have sneezing , watery eyes and sometimes difficulty breathing. Allergies are due to pollen, from plants at this time of year, or dust, or pets,etc.
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Zyrtec and get a humidifier for your home, it will keep the cat dander down which is what causes the allergies, and will keep the cats skin hydrated so less dander is flaking off of him/her.
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It could be allergies.
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it might be allergies! talk to a doctor.
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try switching your cats food from dry to moist. it will make a differnce. did you ever think that it was your breath and not your cats? quit licking/kissing your pussys lips so much.
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Most people are allergic to cats because of the oils that are produced by the cat's hair. It is a known fact that washing a cat's hair for several weeks will actually allow the fur coat to stop producing these oils. This happens because when you wash a cat, the oils are stripped from the coat, and eventually the coat just stops producing them (this doesn't hurt the cat in any way).\n\nOf course, the trick is getting your cat into the bath tub.\n\nI am allergic to cats but have owned two cats for the last five years. I don't take any medications, but if a cat hair touches my face, my eyes will flare up and it'll look like I'm crying. This is why I keep eye drops handy.
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Sounds like hives from an allergic reaction either to something you are eating, pets, or soap you may be using, or an allergy to season changing. This can get serious. Take Benadryl, or the generic that is less expensive is diphenhydramine 25mg that you can find at the pharmacy. Take as directed. If it gets worse, please go see your doctor.\n\nI agree with Kitty Kit, hydrocortisone cream will greatly help the itching. She is also right about stress, it can bring on hives because of the lowering of the immunity.
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The symptoms can be very similar.  Allergic rhinitis (runny nose) is often associated with more sneezing, itchy nose and/or eyes.  Cough is not usually a big part of allergic symptoms.  Runny nose is usually clear.\n\nColds usually do have some cough with them and tend to hurt more with sinus pressure, etc.  Runny nose can be clear or discolored.\n\nOne simple test would be to try a few antihistamines over the counter (claritin and benadryl are examples) - if you are able to take them - to see if they help.  They will usually help allergy symptoms quite a bit, but for colds they do very little.
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Kidney and or liver shutdown.  My neighbors cat had the same symptoms and the cat just passed last weekend.  Maybe poisoned from a plant or pesticide.  It's hard to know exactly what caused the death.  I am sorry for your loss.
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My cats used to pee on me while I slept.  They peed all over the furniture, carpets, my clothes, shoes, everything.  I am still alive.  It can smell bad, nothing more.\n\nA flithy litter box will sometimes smell like ammonia and that will feel like it's burning your throat sometimes,  especially when you go to clean it out.  You would be able to identify the smell and it would be STRONG.  A little cat pee on the floor does not smell like that and will not bother your throat.
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Aching \nTiredness \nFever \nSore throat \nMalaise \nItchy skin rash \nBlister-like rash \nItchy blisters \nScalp blisters \nMouth blisters \nThroat blisters \nGenital blisters \nScabbing of blisters \nAdditional symptoms in adults: \nFlu-like symptoms \nAches and pains
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Yikes!! go to a doc right away and u need to take the cat to a vet as well.
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The best way is to go to an allergist for allergy testing.  At this time of year you could be reacting to tree pollen, molds, or dust mites.  Dust mites favor humidity levels above 40% and can suddenly increase and cause problems in the spring and fall as humidity levels change.\n\nIf you can't get a physician to test, you can tell if things in the air are causing problems by going to a building with VERY good air quality, like a medical building or sometimes AC in restaurants and spending a few hours.  If you improve and then get worse after you leave, it is probably air-born. \nTo test for dust mites, wash all bedding in hot water and bleach, including mattress pad and pillow(make SURE it's dry).  In the evening, wash hair & dry, take shower, put on clean jammies.  If you wake up having had the best sleep of your life - it's dust mites.\nFor the symptoms you describe, there are prescription nasal sprays that do wonders, flonase and nasocort are two.\n\nI have had physicians who do not know much about allergies tell me to squirt saline solution in my nose.  It may work for someone somewhere.  It never did for me.