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Allergic to Your Pet? Unwilling to Say Goodbye? 
By KareAnderson October 12, 2008 - 4:13pm
1 comments View Comments Even with your asthma or allergy, you won’t give up your beloved pet. Few will. Some make their dogs unexpected stars on YouTube (“Doberman attacking Chihuahua”). Or create montages of their cat’s odd antics or sleepiness. One substitutes a ball machine for a nanny to keep their beloved pet entertained and, well, fit. Another besotted owner actually trains his Jack Russell to entertain, perhaps for a new sport category in an imaginary pet Olympics.


Yet if your pet makes you sneeze, tear up or worse you can take steps to dander-proof your home. That helps. Yet even in the cleanest home, action happens. Dirty particles get raised into the air. So it helps to make the air throughout your home cleaner than fresh air. Get a continuously high-performing unit that bolts right onto your home (HVAC) heating system. It is made by AspenAir Inside. It uses less than 2 watts to remove 99% of what’s called Respirable Suspended Particles in air.

BTW, here’s good news for those who don’t own a pet, are allergic to cats yet yearn for one. An ostensibly hypoallergenic cat is waiting for you – for just $35,000

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Wow...a cat for $35,000?!

I have never lived without a household cat, from when I was born to moving away to college, then buying my own home. I've had family pets (the cats I grew up with, but stayed at my parent's home) and then one that was my baby (I got her when I moved into my first apartment without roommates).

I never realized that I was allergic to cats. It's funny, actually, because when I would go home to visit my parents, and my cat would sit on my lap, my arms would itch like crazy and I just thought he had rolled in something outside.

I found out I was allergic to cats by doing a comprehensive allergy test. I was told I'm allergic to cats and not dogs. I thought the doctor was mistaken, because how could I grow up with an animal and not eventually become immune to the dander?!

Anyways, beyond buying a $35,000 cat, individuals can also opt for immunotherapy, which is much cheaper! ($400 for test, $600 for viles of serum and $20 per allergy shot--about 20 shots). It comes out to just under $2,000, but in the end, I have 75-90%% chance of not being allergic to seasonal allergens, dust as well as my beloved cats!

October 12, 2008 - 6:34pm

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