Thread: Is it possible she's allergic to carpet

dd was diagonised with asma in may / june time this yr
she suffers from sever eczema so was told asma was a high possiblity...

well we've manged to keep it pretty uncontrol after the first attack put her in hospital with a big reaction to cats.

But in the past week she's had 2 attacks one at my mum's one at dss mum's house both times she was playin on the carpet everything else was as normal

is this possible ????

It is unlikely to be the carpets - does your mum or dss mum have any pets?

my dd would always be poorly with her asthma after visiting her grandma. bad enough to see the gp each time. they have no pets. they kept a very clean home. we could never figure out what it was about grandma's house that triggered it. until they changed their living room rug. it was a big old chinese silk rug, very deep and luxurious. once that was gone, grandma's was never a problem. sooooo, in my opinion, yes, carpets can be a trigger.

mum has a dog but it never comes in the living room
dss's mum has no pets at all

It won't be the carpets - it is more likely (and not wanting to disrespect anyones cleanliness) to be house dust mites - which are invisible to the eye - but found in all homes in carpets bedding etc.

Originally Posted by DSW

It won't be the carpets - it is more likely (and not wanting to disrespect anyones cleanliness) to be house dust mites - which are invisible to the eye - but found in all homes in carpets bedding etc.

no thats what we we're actually thinking as that makes more sense to us...
sh'es going for allergy testing in a few weeks is it possible to test for this or not ?

Yep - they can test for HDM allergy. Where is she going for tests - is it a hospital referral?

she's going to the nottingham city hopsital

They have a great allergy centre there - so hopefully they will nail it!! Hope it all goes well.

I agree that its prob HDM.

Good luck with the testing