pets and dry eye

[Vicky]

Hi, wondering if any of you have any pets and if it makes your eyes worse.
I had to take my mom's 2 cats to live with me and I think my eyes are worse. They are burning more and I think it is due to the cat hair. Any advice would be appreciated.

[kitty]

I have always had cats, but have only had DES diagnosed for about 9 months. I just got a new puppy, no change in the DES. It might be an allergy to the cats that is setting your eyes off. Allergies can certainly make the DES feel worse.

[Maria1972]

So if allergies (pet related or not) cause a worsening dry eye symptoms, is it better for us to take an antihistamine or not???
I stopped Zyrtec a few days ago and I my allergies got worse, I wonder if I'm helping my eyes by stopping antihistamines....?
My eyes have been burning bad for a week already...