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Article: Allergy sufferers should get rid of the cat, study says. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- May 25, 1994
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DETROIT _ Toss out that tabby if you have cat allergies.
Nothing else works, says a new Henry Ford Hospital test of products that claim to make the animals less irritating to allergy sufferers.
``The best thing to do is to remove the cat from the home,'' says Dr. Charles Klucka, who led the Ford study. ``The next best thing is keeping the cat out of the bedroom'' and having the cat owner take allergy drugs or shots.
About 6 million Americans are allergic to cats; a third of them own the animals anyway and suffer with symptoms including runny noses, itchy eyes and asthma-like coughing and wheezing.
Cats' skin and saliva produce airborne allergens that stick to ...
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