Dog Allergy

Your Dog May be the Cause of Your Allergy

If you or any member of your family, especially young kids is unfortunately diagnosed to have a dog allergy, the situation may develop into a highly charged emotional and medical complexity for the whole family to cope with. The act of simply removing the pet from your home may even contribute to an aggravation of the individual’s physiological response to the allergy source due to emotional attachments. Because of the closeness of the pet to the master and vice-versa, a decision to do away with pets, after determining they are the source of the allergy reaction, does not contribute to resolving the crisis. The emotional attachment of the owner/master to the pet is an equally important factor for consideration. However, the situation does not have to be a sorry tale anymore as there are strategic management techniques that you can employ and treatment options available in order to contend with dog allergy that can save one and all the needless misery and distress if the pet were simply removed.

Generally speaking, allergic reactions to pets are genetically-based. People are more prone to suffer from a dog allergy if somebody else in their family lineage presents the same symptoms, regardless of age or sex. Moreover, it can develop at any time and does not guarantee that if you do not have it yet, you will not be affected ever at all. In addition, people suffering from airborne allergens are most likely to acquire and exhibit adverse reaction to pets as well.

The probability that dogs can be made totally non-allergenic is very remote because it is almost impossible to eliminate their dander and hair including other bodily functions which are contributory to the production of allergenic substances. This remains true for other pets as well. It is an unpleasant fact that regardless of the type of pets we have, there will always exist the possibility of an allergy. There are no exceptions.

Dog allergies have the same symptoms similar to hay fever or seasonal allergy symptoms
Symptoms of dog allergy are similar to those who suffer from allergens carried by the wind because both of them affect the human respiratory system. Reactions are the same including maybe the severity for some people. The most common of dog allergy sources, the dander, is so minute that it is also absorbed into the human body in the same manner as asthma, hay fever and seasonal allergens.

Regardless if this is the situation, all is not lost and hopeless. There are several preventative methods people can employ to manage the situation. Simply keep in mind, and remind every member of the family, to clean up after playing with the pets. A shower, change of clothing and simple basic hygiene procedures are good methods of eliminating pet dander. Moreover, it is also highly recommended to keep your pets outside of the house. As much as possible, do not let them in the bedroom or the bathroom. By controlling the source of the allergen and limiting exposure as much as possible greatly contributes to the prevention of the onset of symptoms of dog allergy. This then would not result into your family doing away with man’s best friend or any other pet for that matter.