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1. Queen of the Dust Mites

   July 8th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

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   You must be going crazy! If it is any help, you are always allergic to your cat (if you have cat allergies). Allergy is a chronic condition (that means it can be controlled but not cured) caused by a defect in the immune system that causes the body to mis-identify harmless proteins (in the case of cats the protein Fel d1) as evil enemy invaders. Now the degree of reaction can vary depending on the state of your immune system, but the defect and the allergy are always there. If it were scabies, you would be able to look at your skin and see the patches. For some reason they like the skin at the wrist and between the fingers! If your problem is dust mite allergy, the the laundering of bedding would not have helped unless the water was 140 degrees Farenheit. Non-perfume detergent doesn’t do anything for dust mites, you have to add something to the water like De-Mite (I personally use the stuff and swear by it). There is a page on the net that tells you how to control cat allergy step by step. I will give you a link to that. Also, if you are sure it is cat allergy (and not dust mite) then you need to start using this stuff called Allerpet/C. I will also give you a link to their website so you can see who in your area sells the stuff. It really works to denature (neutralize) that Fel d1 protein that starts in the cat’s saliva and urine. Until you get that all under control, try taking loratadine before you go to bed and see if that will help. Good luck and don’t go CrAzY!

2. lilhappyflower

   July 8th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

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   You would be allergic to the cat all of the time not just some of the time.

   I am thinking it is the type of shampoo, lotion or soap that you are using. Even if you haven’t recently changed brands, the company could have changed the formula. I would check into that.