Cat allergy, itchy face?
We have several cats, but for the past few months, I've had a problem where whenever my face comes into contact with their fur (only with the long-haired ones; we have a Bengal mix and a purebred Bengal, and it's not the case with them), my face itches excessively. But only my face and eyes. Not my hands when I pet them, not my arms, or my legs after they've been sneaking around them or lying on them. Just my face and eyes.
And not with the two Bengals, which are apparently anti-allergenic.
Could this be the beginning of a cat allergy? I've never had this before. I've grown up with cats my whole life. My parents had cats before I was born, and that's never changed. I'm 20 now.
If so, is there anything you can do to immunize them? I'm just a cat person, I love cats, and I think if I really develop an allergy, I'll go crazy. Me without cats≠ me
It might also be worth mentioning that this is the case for the first few minutes, then it just stops if I don't do anything.
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So the skin in your face is very thin and fine, that could be the reason why only your face is aching and the hands and arms are not, there the skin is just a bit more robust.
So you should develop an allergy, which is quite possible, there are, as far as I know, tablets that can inhibit or stop the extent of allergy, my driving instructor also has a cat hair allergy takes such tablets and it works with it.
But you’d rather talk to your family doctor.
Yes, it could be a light allergy to cats. Allergies are very individual and complex. That is why you often find misinformation online, and there are few doctors who really know about it. In an allergy, your body reacts to certain proteins ( allergens) that give animals over the skin (talg, which is also on the hair), saliva and urine/cot. Depending on the species of animals, there are different proteins, and each animal has its very individual allergy patterns, which can change in the course of life, for example, by hormones or diseases. Among other things, there are no cat or dog breeds that are “allergenic”. This is either ignorance of breeders or marketing.
So in your case, you can be looking for a cat and not for another one. As an allergy develops, one cannot predict either. In some people it becomes better by contact, worse and worse with others, and even that can be different from human to animal.
Drugs can relieve symptoms in the short term, but they usually do not go away completely, and in no case can they cure an allergy. Apart from that any drug may have side effects.
In your place, I would watch myself very closely, because maybe you don’t rehearse on your cat, but on something (dust, pollen, etc.) that your cat has in the fur. At the latest when you develop asthma, you should separate from this cat, because that can affect and ruin your entire health in the long term.
As someone who suffers from allergies for his whole life, I wish you all the best and firmly push the thumbs that it is either no allergy at all or you’re looking for something else on your cat!