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Posted: 13 August 2007 at 2:24pm | IP Logged

Rachel has had a cough for over 4 weeks now so I took her to the doctor for the second time. the first time she went I was told it was just a cough and my gp gave me a cough bottle, it did improve but it never went away .

She sounded a bit chesty yeterday so I took her to the doctor again this morning.

It turns out it allergies to dust.

Now here is the thing she has no pillow, no toys in bed with her, she sleeps in a sleep bag so no duvet.

I hoovered her room and her curtains and her bed. I must now put away all her soft toys.

My house isn't that dusty but my question is .... if it was my house should it not have shown up before now....could it have been the 5 days she spent with my mum in her house ?

Posted: 13 August 2007 at 3:12pm | IP Logged

I have a serious allergy to dust (amoungst other things) and that only began 9 years ago after I was ill and my immune system was low. Try hoovering her mattress if she is worse at night/ first thing.

It may be that she has more good days than off, or that she builds up a tolerance over time. I hope her cough and chest settle soon.

Posted: 13 August 2007 at 3:22pm | IP Logged

The gp looked up her nose and said it was swollen ???? and dripping backe her troath causing the cough.

I have hoovered the carpret, mattress and her curtains. I changed her sheet and I removed a foam chair she love but I will buy her another one.

I am going to remove a rug from the sitting room as well as hoovering everywhere.

I still think that mum's house in millstreet caused it and it is very dusty down there.

Posted: 13 August 2007 at 4:17pm | IP Logged

no matter how much you hoover..dust is going to happen chica.  All you can do is keep hoovering..invest in an antihistimine and start dosing her with that.  Your doc should have prescribed an antihistimine if she has a dust allergy.  Her soft toys, i wouldnt put them away..bung them in the washing machine regularly and jobs done.

Im allergic to dust, pollen of all types, cats, dogs, birds and gawd knows what else.  But...ive got a cat and two dogs.  I havent changed anything, but I find if the hoovering isnt done every day then I know about it..Natasja has allergies, but hers are mostly pollen based and she really knows about it so shes on an antihistimine til september when nearly all culprits for it have stopped.

She was probably over-exposed and has become sensitised chica..but I wouldnt go overboard on chucking stuff out..she needs to be exposed a bit to help build up her own anti-bodies to it..but not overexposed if that makes sense.  Give her mattress a hoover a few times a week, curtains once a month..and her room whenever you hoover it chica.

Posted: 13 August 2007 at 10:25pm | IP Logged

Thanks for all the advice girls, I think I was just taken back by it all because it was the last thing I was expecting as I had her at the doctor a month ago and it was over looked or it wasn't there.

When we build our new house we have decided to put no carprets down.