Health Update: Cats can cause allergy in foetus

Monday 25 July 1994 23:02 BST

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PREGNANT women may need to avoid cats from as early as the second trimester, to prevent allergic disease developing in the unborn child, according to a study from Southampton University reported in Hospital Doctor. It found that allergens from both cat fur and the house-dust mite can pass through the placenta and trigger an immune response in the foetus.

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