10-08-2003, 07:50 PM
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This has to do with smoke, not animal dander.
It's not an "allergic" reaction though. You're just having a response to an irritant. An allergic reaction is an immune response to something your body (wrongly) thinks is a threat. What happens to people around smoke is the airway gets irritated and sometimes gets a little inflamed - swells up with blood like your skin does if you get a slight burn. Asthmatics get this a little worse because they already have inflamed and constricted airways.
If it were really allergies, Benadryl is all you'd need to stop having watery eyes when someone smokes.
Edited By Doc on 1065642718
This has to do with smoke, not animal dander.
It's not an "allergic" reaction though. You're just having a response to an irritant. An allergic reaction is an immune response to something your body (wrongly) thinks is a threat. What happens to people around smoke is the airway gets irritated and sometimes gets a little inflamed - swells up with blood like your skin does if you get a slight burn. Asthmatics get this a little worse because they already have inflamed and constricted airways.
If it were really allergies, Benadryl is all you'd need to stop having watery eyes when someone smokes.
Edited By Doc on 1065642718
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