Cat causes madness.

India
December 1, 2006 12:38am CST
I had two cats and they wre almost all the time with me.I'm suffering from chronic sneezing.When I went to doctor he said that unless I get rid of those cats I'll be infected with sinusitis and it is the cat's fur that causes sneezing.He further said that if the cat's fur reached the brain it may cause schizofrenia.Is it true.
7 responses
• United States
3 Dec 06
I never heard of such a thing. Before I got rid of them, I would see another doctor or two. I am so allergic to my 2 cats, but, I will never get rid of them. They are family.
@jaginfo2006 (1757)
• India
1 Dec 06
well they just might do that
@nancygibson (3736)
• France
1 Dec 06
I can imagine that an allergy to your cats could cause all sorts of strange physical symptoms, but schizophenia seems very unlikely. As I understand it there are a number of possible triggers for this disorder, but a physical reaction to a pet is one I have never heard of. However, he is the doctr, but you might ask him to recommend some journals where this cause has been discussed, tell him you want to read up on it thoroughly before deciding whether to part with the cats, see what he says!
@Crilli (2890)
• Italy
1 Dec 06
i've never heard a similar thing but i'm not a doctor, i have two cats and i feel good with them, perhaps you have a sort of allergie
@pusibaba (1010)
• India
1 Dec 06
i hate cats their eyes ahhhh i hate them i can just say
@pdrw00 (88)
• Portugal
1 Dec 06
I don't know if that's true, but one thing's for sure you are a little sensitive to cat's fur. I'm allergic to fur, so I know it can cause sinusitis. The part of the getting you mad you'll have to ask another doctor a second opinion.
@shooie (4984)
• United States
1 Dec 06
crazy cat - they'll drive ya crazy if you don't watch it
You really got me thinking on this one so I had to do a lil digging. I'm lucky my cat doesn't bother me and cause me to sneeze and all that. sinusitis can be cured easily but the other thing you mentioned and had heard about the Schizophrenia so i had to look some stuff up. Here is a website that you can read....it makes you wanna go hmmmmm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.showcatsonline.com/x/do-cats-cause-schizophrenia.htm