| Animal protection organizations and Zoo's receive | | | | • Regularly wash your hands after touching the |
| many numbers of cats because the owner's of cats | | | | cat. |
| or some of their family members fall allergic to cats. | | | | • Keep you hour free of dust and clean your |
| The following are considered as cat allergy symptoms | | | | home on regular basis |
| watery eyes, itchy eyes, wheezing and running nose. | | | | • Make the cats to sleep in a different room |
| Many people do not understand that these allergies | | | | • Make sure that your bedrooms doors are |
| can be controlled by cleaning the home regularly and | | | | properly shut.This will prevent the allergiesfrom |
| bathing the cat daily. | | | | entering into beds and clothes |
| Why This Allergy Happens? | | | | • Clean your carpet regularly |
| Dander is the major cause of cat allergies. Danders | | | | • Use air filter |
| are nothing but cat's dead skin. But the major belief is | | | | • Replace your vacuum filters at regular intervals. |
| that the cat's hair causes all allergies, which are not | | | | • If you cats sits on the furniture regularly then |
| true. The allergies are due to the reaction from a | | | | use slipcovers. |
| protein called Fel D1. | | | | • Shop for mattress covers and pillowcases that |
| Smoking, dust, insects and infection from other | | | | are allergy proof. |
| animals can also cause symptoms similar to cat | | | | • You vacuum should have a HEPA filter. Many |
| allergies. Whereas in some cases a person would | | | | vacuum cleaners does not remove Fel D1protein,if it's |
| have got allergic to something like dust in home but | | | | spreaded in the clothes and beds. |
| the cats will be blamed for this. | | | | • Mop your home often |
| The ways you can prevent these allergies | | | | • The bed used by should be washed often in |
| The following things will help you to reduce the | | | | hot water. |
| allergies. | | | | • Ceiling fans should cleaned at regular intervals. |
| • Antihistamines will help in reduction of cat | | | | Because these ceiling fans will spread thecat hairs and |
| allergies | | | | dusts all over the home |
| • Consuming allergy shots will reduce these | | | | Following the above said methods will reduce your |
| symptoms by to 65%, whereas it onlyworks 20% | | | | cat allergy symptoms drastically. |
| on dog allergies. | | | | |