Allergic To Cat
By admin on Jun 21, 2007 in Allergic To Cat
Details about the Cat Allergen: Cat Allergen is usually just a small protein particle; it is called the “Fel d 1†allergen, and is normally in the cat’s skin as well as in the cat’s saliva. The protein that is in your cat is produced inside of the cat’s salivary glands, as well as inside of the sebaceous glands that are on the cat’s skin. Cats normally bathe themselves, so usually the Fel D 1 protein is put on the cats by themselves because they have such a huge thing with licking themselves, which is how they groom and maintain the way they look.

When dealing with an allergen material that is capable of stirring up any type of allergic reaction, such as the pollen grain, or dust or mite or animal dander. Many times Cat allergen – which is the allergy material that causes allergy’s that comes from all different types of cats – this is not cat hair which is what most people believe. But this is a protein that is very present inside of both your cat’s dander as well as your saliva of cats. These types of allergens often do become airborne as well as produce microscopic particles, which if inhaled inside of the nose or even your lungs, can often give people who are allergic to cat’s allergic symptoms. If you have an allergic reaction the best idea is to contact your doctor as soon as you possible can to make sure you can get everything worked out for your health fast.
A common fact about the Cat Allergen is that often male cats are a lot more allergic then their counterpart the female cats, this is due to the fact testosterone increases Fel D 1 which is produced by the sebaceous glands. For this reason if you are allergic to cats it may be a good idea to get a female cat inside of a male cat. The allergen that the Cat produces is present in vast amounts inside homes with cats and children all across America, there has been even homes found where cats where never even living there yet, the allergen from the cats was still around. The Cat allergen is very sticky and is usually carried through people inside of their clothing from other locations that actually have cats living there. Many people who are affected by the Cat allergen know that it is very impossible to not be exposed ever to any type of cat allergen. Usually levels of exposure will be very much higher where any type of cats are present or living, and these types of levels are a lot more often causing allergic symptoms to people who are allergic to the Cat allergen.
