Not that I would pay any attention to so absurd a suggestion
Why is it necessarily absurd? I would have thought it was worth doing for at least a while to see if symptoms improved, then you could turn around and go "Actually, no, doesn't seem to be a problem" or "Hmmm, you're right, the hamster does set me off when it is not cleaned every day". What with asthma having a combination of triggers (not all of which are allergic), it's not like they can do a completely reliable test on you and give you the all-clear or say that something will definitely cause you asthma :-(.
What I thought was absurd was the expectation of the allergist who told me I was going to have to stay away from everything with "chemicals" in, even if it was clear that the word wasn't being used in a scientific context :-).
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Why is it necessarily absurd? I would have thought it was worth doing for at least a while to see if symptoms improved, then you could turn around and go "Actually, no, doesn't seem to be a problem" or "Hmmm, you're right, the hamster does set me off when it is not cleaned every day". What with asthma having a combination of triggers (not all of which are allergic), it's not like they can do a completely reliable test on you and give you the all-clear or say that something will definitely cause you asthma :-(.
What I thought was absurd was the expectation of the allergist who told me I was going to have to stay away from everything with "chemicals" in, even if it was clear that the word wasn't being used in a scientific context :-).