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Cat hair at home poses an allergy risk, particularly for young children

Cats and cat allergens in the home clearly raise the risk of the allergic sensitisation of children up to the age of two. For older children, however, the influence of the environment at home on the development of cat allergen sensitization decreases. This is the conclusion reached by scientists from the GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Helmholtz-Association, when they evaluated the data of more than 2,000 children from Leipzig and Munich.

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