Justine Lee

We’re not sure why it seems like more and more people are allergic to cats recently. Perhaps through appropriate client counseling, more owners are keeping their cats indoors for the health and safety of their furry friends, so the allergens are more prominent. It could also be that cats have topped dogs in overall popularity, and with almost 80 million cats in homes it could be that more people are now discovering that they are allergic. Unfortunately, the culprit is Fel d 1, a glycoprotein that cats naturally produce and secrete from their sebaceous glands and then shed in the skin and saliva. As cats groom themselves, they shed this allergen all over their body (and your house, carpet, bed, linens, and clothes), triggering your red, itchy eyes and runny nose.