Suggest Anti-allergic Treatment When Allergic To Pet Cat

Posted on Wed, 14 Oct 2015

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Question : My daughter wakes up every morning with puffy eyes from a cat that sleeps with them and her boyfriend has had the cat for 15 yrs and she hates to ask him to put it out. Is there something she can take. She has tried benedryl and zyertec

Answered by Dr. Divakara (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Can try Atarax for short term relief.

Detailed Answer:
HI

Thanks for posting your query.

Well she can take other anti allergic medication like Atarax, Desloratidine etc but she has to take medication as long as she gets exposed to cats.

The best thing is always to avoid Cats, if this is absolutely unavoidable then she is get a desensitization procedure where her allergy to Cat ( cat's Hair ) will be reduced gradually and later totally abolished.

Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarifications feel free to ask .

Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar