Bluebird Afghan allergy

[Gardner Yeaw]

No pets. The afghan has been stored in the bird since it's arrival.
It only affected her when she used it to keep warm on chilly nights
in the coach while watching TV or reading. It is now resting in the
garage in a plastic bag.

There are probably a bunch of ways to de-toxify it, but that isn't
in the plan since the only person capable of testing it is not
interested.

Gardner
78FC33



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "bubblerboy64"
wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gardner Yeaw
> > To:
> WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > om>
> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 6:46 AM
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Bluebird Afghan allergy
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > So there is something in the fiber that is an irritant of some
> kind.
> > Has anhyone else experienced this kind of reaction?
> >
> > Gardner
> > 78FC33
> >
> >
> >
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