If you have a cat and get cat hair on your shirt. Then go into public and some one thier is allergic to cats can they have a reaction
2007-03-25 14:37:38 · 14 answers · asked by NBCD 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
No, the allergen on the pet is dander or flakes of skin, not the hair, although if the hair has dander attached, then it could but it's highly unlikely. People can be desensitised to it at an allergy clinic anyway. Why you would want to live with allergies when you can cure them is beyond me.
2007-03-25 14:50:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most allergic people, would need more intense contact for an allergic reaction, but yes some people are so severely allergic that any tiny bit of hair or dander will set them off. Just like peanuts; many people can't *eat* them, but sometimes you hear of someone who goes into shock just because someone on the other side of the room had a peanut butter sandwich. Fortunately such severe allergies are rare, but it must really suck to have it that bad... you'd have to be very careful going out in public.
2007-03-25 21:56:49 · answer #2 · answered by Sheriam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This would depend on how much hair you had on your shirt and how allergic the person was. To be sure, I keep a lint roller handy and touch up my clothes before I leave the house.
I'm allergic to dogs and started to get stuffed up and sneeze whenever the instructor walked down the aisle. She was covered in dog hair. Lots of dog hair and I had an aisle seat.
2007-03-26 02:23:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I can say is, excuse my cat hair and dog hair too. Again, it is not the hair that causes the allergic reaction, it is the dander and the saliva of the cat that causes the allergies.
2007-03-25 21:51:58 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely not. Most people are actually allergic to the dander of an animal, not their hair. There wouldn't be enough dander on your shirt to cause most people with allergies ( with the exception of SEVERELY allergic people) to have a reaction.
2007-03-25 21:46:30 · answer #5 · answered by drebelievingams 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how allergic the person is to cats. I can go into a cat house, and I am ok unless I touch the cat. My husband starts sneezing and his eyes start watering the minutes he walks in the door.
2007-03-25 21:43:25 · answer #6 · answered by The Oracle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ohhhhh man YES they can! Well if you are around this person and close enough definately. This has personally happened to me on a few incidents...I hate it!! The allergies, watery eyes, and AAAhhhhhhChhhhhhhoooooooo.....
2007-03-25 21:45:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tough titties for them. let them wheeze, If there wasn't cat hair on your shirt they couldn't blame you. cat dander is what most people are allergic to.
2007-03-25 21:56:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there is this little rubby thing. It is sticky and you rub it on your clothes, and the hair rubs off. It's called the Pet Picker Upper! I hope it works great for you, because it surely does for me!
2007-03-25 21:57:23 · answer #9 · answered by live laugh love 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's possible.
2007-03-25 21:43:01 · answer #10 · answered by Vegan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋