Bluebird Afghan allergy

[bubblerboy64]

Afghans are common to hold dust mites which are very common
allergens, there are few true wool allergies but allergies to lanolin
are pretty common. Then you get into fabric dies and laundry and dry
cleaning compounds. Don't know if the afghan is even made of wool but
some people are sensitive to the scratchy nature of wool (not a true
allergy) but with eyes swelling its likely a true allergy to
something. If she has no known allergies I'd suggest just not having
the afghan around another possibility is an animal allergy? Didn't
have a cat sleeping on the afghan did you? These things are like a
detective mystery you have to figure out what the variables are and
then eliminate them one at a time. JEH


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> Gardner,
> I have severe allergies for which I take two different meds to
control. I have not noticed any problem at all when being around the
Blue Bird afghan. I usually sit in the chair directly across from
the couch where it is located. Lately I've been working on the coach
on the inside installing a new floor in the galley and removing and
reinstalling the furnace under the same couch. Again, I have had no
problem. I have more trouble in the house where there is an
electronic air filter.
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> Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gardner Yeaw
> To:
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> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 6:46 AM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Bluebird Afghan allergy
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> Last year I purchased one of the Bluegird logo afghans as a
Christmas
> present fpor my wife. This year on several ocasions my wife had
an
> alergic reaction to something in the coach. Several times after
we took
> a weekend trip her eyes swelled almost shut and her face swelled.
On
> one trip she had no reaction. After carefully retracing her steps
she
> discovered that only when she used the Bluebird afghan did she
have a
> reaction. Since she stopped using it the swelling has not
returned.
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> So there is something in the fiber that is an irritant of some
kind.
> Has anhyone else experienced this kind of reaction?
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> Gardner
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