The new allergen list
- Trees: Maple-Box Elder, Elm mix, White Ash, Birch mix
- Weeds: Ragweed mix (Ragweed, Cocklebur, Marsh Elder-Burweed)
- Molds: Aspergillus mix
Higher reactions to:
- Grasses: N. grass mix
- Epidermals: Cat dander, guinea pig dander, hamster dander
- Environmentals: House dust (ALK), house dust (H.S.), house dust mite (D. Farinae), house dust mite (D. Pteronyssinus)
Not tested for cow's milk this time.
BTW my fever finally broke and I'm feeling a lot better!
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Does this mean you are now allergic to different things than from the old list or that you had a better test. Do you have a hamster. Is it a big concern that you are allergic to hamster dander? I don't mean to make light of it - just seems like an odd thing to even be tested for. Glad you are feeling better.
hehe. Nope, no hamsters or guinea pigs in my life for a while now, but it was one of the things they just tested for. Kind of like they just tested for horses in Colorado.
So glad you are feeling better!
CAV
That sounds like a lot of allergies.
And I'm glad you're feeling better!
I'm guessing you have a hampster or two and guinea pigs.
If you feed a cat vitamin E (mix a liquid caplet into their food) the don't produce the enzyme in their saliva that we are allergic to. We have had a cat for 10 years now. you should probably slowly break the cat in, to make sure there are no adverse reactions to the vitamin and check with a vet regarding dosage.
We slowly stopped giving our cat (Hobbes) the vitamin E a year ago and I have not had any bad reactions to him. Although I still get really dizzy around other people's cats. I have heard that you can get used to your cat over time, so maybe that is it. I still wash my hands after petting him, so I don't rub my eyes and find out the hard way. But my allergic reaction to cats is usually just a heavy dizzy headache, which I have not had with Hobbes.
Kurt
Thanks for that info!
Right now, we don't have any kitties but I'm sure I'll have one again in the future. 