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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is allergies and asthma...and then there is ALLERGIES and ASTHMA. A huge spectrum. People with mild allergies and mild asthma can usually still have pets and just use OTC antihistamines to manage.

Other people have moderate to severe allergies that do not respond to OTC meds and asthma attacks that can be fatal, or require intensive medical intervention. [b]These people should not have pets at all. [/b]

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If pets are what they're allergic to.

My kid has severe asthma and allergies.  Miss lots of school, tons of meds, kinds of allergies although luckily not ICU allergies.  He's allergic to every kind of inhaled plant thing, pollen, mold, etc . . . He also reacts like crazy to smoke.  Not just cigarette smoke but someone having a barbecue a block away type smoke.

But he's totally fine with our dog, and isn't bothered at all by cold weather.  I've fought with several teachers who tell me that "kids with asthma shouldn't go outside in the winter".  In fact outside in the winter is the best place for him to be, because the frost kills anything that would cause him to react.

He's also reactive to any kind of "natural" plant scent, but fake stuff like the plug in air fresheners someone mentioned?  Not a problem.  We're AA and finding hair products that work for him is a challenge.  People are constantly telling me that I should buy him such and such because it's "natural" so it's safe, but it's not.  On the other hand, he has no difficulty covering himself with Axe (the joys of teenage boys!).

It's hard to tell here whether the OP actually knows what she's saying is true, in which case what she's describing is medical neglect, or whether she's speculating about the allergies in which case she needs to butt out.[/quote]

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