The Sad Truth About Animal Allergies
Allergies to animals can be heartbreaking especially when your partner or child has recently brought home an adorable puppy and you discover that you are severely allergic to dog hair!
Who said dogs are supposed to be a man’s best friend?
Don’t feel like you’re alone, because allergies to animals are quite common. Household pets particuarly dogs and cats seem to throw many people into a sneezing frenzy or an itchy rash. Sometimes it can be from the animal’s saliva, hair or dander (flakes of skin), either way very similar symptoms tend to occur.
Allergies to animals seem to commonly occur in families, so if your Mum or Dad has an allergy to animals it’s most likely the reason why you have an allergy to animals. An allergic reaction to animals is caused from your immune system being oversensitive to the proteins found in animal hair, saliva or dander which has been programmed in you from your parents. Your immune system will see the proteins as harmful, so what it does is releases a number of weapons to stop it from entering your body and causing harm. Unfortunately while your immune system thinks it is doing a super job, you get to endure the horrible symptoms resulting from the fight.
Usually people who are allergic to animals will have asthma that runs in their family, eczema or other allergic traits. Though inherited animal allergies are common, many people can actually end up with an animal allergy later on in adult hood.
Looking at the reasons why you are unlucky to be stuck with animal allergies may help you understand yourself a little better and may even help you relieve your symptoms.
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