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Triggers and Allergens
The dust, I hate it. It makes me cough a lot and it makes me have a hard time breathing. –Caleb, 8 Couldn't go to my cousin's farm I don't necessarily have an issue with animals anymore because of the shot that I take. Before my shot though, I could only visit my cousin at the farm that she owned for like twenty minutes. There were a bunch of farm animals there, and my lungs would fill up and two days later I'd end up in the hospital. When I was a kid my doctors would say, “Did you go to that farm for the holiday?” I'd say “Yep,”— it always put me in the hospital. Nowadays when I go to my cousin's house I can last the whole day because of this medication I am taking. It's helped me so much. –Bridget, 26 I wash my hands after I pet the dog I have a dog. When I pet her, then I wash my hands. I wash my hands because when you're done petting the dog the rule is I have to wash my hands. –Caleb, 8 I couldn't have a dog for a pet When I had a pet, it was when I didn't know I had asthma. I didn't know I had allergies that would make me cough and sneeze. I had a dog, and every day when I came home from school when I stepped my foot in the door I started to sneeze and cough. Then we figured out I couldn't have a dog for a pet. So my mother got me a fish, so I played with that, but it didn't do much like a dog or a cat would. It's very hard, but you get used to it like I did. –Allison, 9 One time I went to a friend's house and I had a muffin. Before I ate it I asked if there were nuts in it. She said, “I threw the package out, but I'm pretty sure that there isn't.” So I had a couple bites of it, and a little later back at my dorm I was washing my face and all the sudden my eyes started to swell and I could feel my hair follicles... The lesson that I learned is if you don't know exactly what is in something you don't touch it regardless. I don't even want to put anyone in that situation, plus it's quite embarrassing for me at the same time too because of what the result of eating something that you are allergic to can be. So with myself I try to stay away from things that could trigger me.–Bridget, 26 |
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