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RichT
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 Posted - 02/08/2010 : 10:04:00
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Hello
Has anyone out there had experience with allergies to pets, in particular dogs?
I recall Dr Sarno saying in one of his books that allergies are/ can be TMS equivalents.
I have recently been given a lovely labrador/ retriever cross to look after and over the last two months have had one itchy eye. My optician says my lower eyelids are inflamed and that is what I can feel. They don't look particularly inflamed to me but I have no particular reason to doubt her.
Am I right to believe that this could be TMS?
How does this work? Is it an emotional cause making me sensitive to something on the dog, Jodi is her name?
Can I solve this reaction?
There have been a number of things going on in my life and I don't know whether this is TMS related or not?
Your thoughts would be much appreciated.
All the best
Richard |
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n/a
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Posted - 02/08/2010 : 16:54:49
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I do wonder about this as well. In my case, I was told that food allergies cause some of my symptoms. But sometimes I react to the same amount of these foods differently than others, which is rather suspicious. I am trying to find ways to test this. What I suggest to you is this:
Have someone put dog hair in their apartment before you go visit them without telling you (i.e. you'll just know that at some point the next five times you go there, there will be dog hair). Make this experiment as controlled as possible, and see how you react. |
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scorsese
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Posted - 02/09/2010 : 01:19:34
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| His reaction is not to the dog hair but the dog dander.The skin cells under the hair. |
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n/a
48 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2010 : 08:57:08
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| Okay, but there must be ways to do this (besides, wouldn't some dander stick to the hair anyway? I thought people with pet allergies had trouble even just entering homes where a pet had hung out). |
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RichT
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Posted - 02/09/2010 : 12:24:38
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Hi, thanks for the thoughts.
I am pretty sure Jodi, the dog, is the cause. But even if this is the case is it still TMS?
Dr Sarno and others were suggesting, i believe, that things like hayfever were TMS equivalents. Hayfever can be traced back to pollen so I assume it is the bodies over-reaction which is the TMS component. The oddity is that some people have 'allergies' whilst others don't - similar i guess to aches and pains.
Do others agree?
I have been told that it is the dogs saliva which people react to. The dog licks its coat which provides the path.
Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Regards
Richard
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Dave
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Posted - 02/09/2010 : 12:46:50
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Coincidence or not, I have not had seasonal hayfever since I learned of TMS. I used to have a sensitivity to ragweed pollen.
I believe the immune system is a target of TMS, possibly in more ways than we can imagine. "Allowing" the immune system to overreact to certain foreign invaders could be one of the mechanisms used by the brain to induce symptoms. |
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Pet allergies - dogs
