Archive for January, 2012

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From medpagetoday.com:

Thinking of getting a cat? European researchers found that acquiring kitty as an adult can lead to allergies to cat dander.

The risk is lower if you had a cat as a child but higher if you already have some other allergies, according to Giuseppe Verlato, PhD, of the University of Verona in Verona, Italy, and colleagues.

On the other hand, adults who get a cat but don’t let it in the bedroom appear to be unlikely to become sensitized to the animal, Verlato and colleagues reported online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

The bottom line, the researchers concluded, is that “acquiring a cat increases the risk of cat sensitization in adulthood, particularly when the cat is allowed in the bedroom.”

The findings come from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS)…

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