Employee with Pet Allergies

[Newman]

This spring my step son turned 18. Going against all of my overbearing influence he chose not to go to college. He started working with me. The experience has been great! This is Micheal's first job. He has learned how to deal with our customers, is always ready on time in the morning with a smile, never whines about that job added on, keeps the truck neat, and does a fine job of cleaning the carpets too!

Michael has pretty bad pet allergies. He takes a non drowsy claritin every morning to keep the nose faucet drip at bay. That is not always enough. He also believes that something related to our work causes some skin reactions.

Michael told me yesterday that he can not continue to work with me due to the critter dander allergy.

I love working with my boy and want to find a solution to the allergy issue, any suggestions?

 

[Jimmy L]

I have severe pet allergies too.
I never pet animals in a home and ALWAYS carry an inhaler for those bad dog and cat homes.

If a dog licks my legs I will break out in hives.

I deal with it

I have seasonal allergies to pollen that KILL ME in the spring and fall.

I take allegraD and have a steroid shot in the fall.

I'll have allergies where ever I go so I deal with it.

It's a curse that I wish on no one.

 

[TimM]

Take him to an allergy specialist and have him tested to find out what he is allergic to. I deal with allergies year round, I take Zyrtec D.

 

[ruff]

That's a tough situation.
I used to have allergies like that on one property I worked for and nothing worked. It was just not worth it being sick every time I did the work.
So unless he can find something that works for him I totally understand him.

There are places that offer different ways to deal with allergy issues and there are different ways to do it. Some take a while and they are long term solutions but they are not cheap. Some go via what Jimmy is describing that may be effective though it also interfere with your body and suppressing certain body reactions. Long term could be an issue.

The sensitivity to the skin can be easily solved, if you figure what he's sensitive to and switch to another detergent or pre-spray. There are so many good ones that it should not be an issue. Procyon is supposed to be hypoallergenic, but there are a bunch of others too.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Over the phone ask about pets and send him only to the ones that don't have pets. Use a HEPA vacuum so you not just redistributing allergen particles in the air while vacuuming. Wear exam gloves around chems or possibly when cleaning. ???

That's really a tough call, cleaning is going to kick up everything into the breathable air space that's in the carpet. If you took a reading with a particle meter while cleaning, that dude would sky rocket from the plume of stuff tossed in the air.

 

[Jimmy L]

Cut out the vacuuming and he should be alright.............no need to have a vac blow it all over the place.

Only need to vac in case you operate a POS PORTABLE or OP machine.

 

[hogjowl]

I have seen the cosmetic adverse side effects allergies have had on Ladwig. He has grown progressively more bald headed and his legs have gotten skinnier and skinner from muscle atrophy. Plus, he has lost all skin complexion and has evolved into and albino.

I think you should allow your son to quit before he becomes another freak.

 

[beagleboy]

Look into alternative allergy elimination methods. These worked wonder with my son. Google Forever Healthy and look into it.

 

[Zee]

I used to have really bad allergies seasonally...

One summer I did a lot of veggie/fruit juicing (from kale to spinach and everything green even dandelions) with a spoon full of bee pollen grains. Not heat dried. Fresh, that needs to be refrigerated. Flex oil, etc etc.... Anyways you'd have to plug your nose to down it and force it to not gag on the concoction.

But I'm pretty sure the bee pollen is what made my body not react to seasonal allergy causing matters.

As far as pet allergy: I don't know....I do sometimes start sneezing when I do a cat home...

Skin reaction: wear gloves. I almost always have latex gloves on when dealing with chems.

 

[Jimmy L]

Looked up BEE POLLEN.

Should NOT be taken if you are allergic to any pollens.

 

[Zee]

Looked up BEE POLLEN.

Should NOT be taken if you are allergic to any pollens.

You should try one grain the first day...no reaction, go to two grains. etc etc. It will actually build your system up. And you will have less or no allergic reaction to pollen flying around.

I used to have bad allergies, where my eyes would water, itch, swell up and I would be sneezing all day...nit to mention my nose completely clogged - swollen inside where nothing goes in or out..

I don't have any of that for the past few years...I have not taken any medication for any reason so I know, I'm not better because of medications..

 

[Jimmy L]

Another intersting thing about bee pollen is it contains 100's of strains of FUNGUS and BACTERIA.

But I'll try it anyway.

Marty make mention of my baldness, pale elitest ,almost superior skin...and skinny atrophied legs.

But what he doesn't know about my legs is...........I...............have..............3....of them.

 

[bob vawter]

Tri-Pod Todd?

 

[Zee]

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[05111966]

Send him to a Respiroligist. See if there is something that they can suggest.
Either that or have him were a respirator on the jobs with all the dander!

 

[Goomer]

Send him to a Respiroligist.

Be warry of the influence of BIGPHARMA on the current mindset of most PRACTITIONERS OF MEDICINE (Toxic drugs that surpress fundamental reactions of an INTELLEGENT human body).

If he can' t offer you several options, and educate you on the possibility of naturally surpressing the negative response to allergens, then you might want to consider someone else.
The sad truth is a large percentage of
medical doctors have been lulled to sleep by powerfull influences and "incentives" of the major pharmacutical companies, and most have become "lazy" and "conditioned" to merely pen a presciption to some toxic compound which it's sole means is to shut down or limit a natural physiological response.
Be warry of any "doctor" who's first attemp at symptom resolution is to take out a prescription pad.

 

[Out of Character - 0]

Sell enough commercial work to keep him on. Supplement that with"safe" homes.

 

[05111966]

True in the US... to some degree.
Different in Canada, doctors aren't working for insurance and pharmaceutical company's who give them kickbacks!
Canadian doctors aren't told how they must practice medicine.

 

[The Great Oz]

His allergies make this a really poor choice of professions. Or he's telling you he likes working with you but doesn't like the work enough to drug up to perform it.

I loved working with my sons (and nephews) and would love to have all of them back working with me, but this business wasn't the right long-term fit for any of them. If he doesn't know what to do next, I would highly recommend sending him to the nearest Johnson-O'Connor http://www.jocrf.org/ to find out what kind of work would fit his natural aptitudes. Could be a trade school or JC would get him on track for a successful career that's more suitable for him.