You should have realized clothes were dry but I know things happen. But with an asthmatic in the house Gain wouldn't be within a mile of us. Allergist said Gain has more " allergen triggers" than any brand on the market. Also I was told that perfumed products be it detergent or softener still transfers to the next load even if using unscented products in the next load. That's why we never used any scented stuff when my son was growing up and still today he uses All Free liquid at his house.

Maybe you will be ok.

Ack!! *cough* That sounds very unpleasant!
When I was a teenager I used roll on deodorant, and I went to shake it, but forgot that I'd already taken the cap off. Sure enough, deodorant got into my eye. Ugh!! I couldn't get my eye to tear up properly for a couple of days and it looked like I had pink eye even though I didn't. I switched to solid after that. LOL!

Wow mamap glad you are ok. Doing laundrydrugs up the noze is not any good. It reminds me when I asked my mom to hand some laundry out on the line. She took it out nd hung it up and when I came out I saw it was the clothes that was going to be washed. They were dry before they were hung to dry lol.

Take care and please do not make us send you into rehab detergent abuse......

Mama saline rinse and lots of it should help. You really need to rinse it out if you can, you don't want an infection. Luckily it went up the nose and not into the lungs. If you feel a chesty cough in the next few days go to the doctor, chemical pneumonia is nothing to sneeze at, pun intended.

Lol. I feel ok now. I did get in the shower and used a hand held shower and let it go up my nose. That was not pleasant. I kept thinking please don't let me pass out in this shower nude. Women dies from suds cool down. I keep expecting to blow my nose and find bubbles. But I think I'm ok. Heather I will for sure watch for a cough...that was my biggest fear but I didnt feel like I breathed it into my lungs but I should know tomorrow lol.

Sparky. I should have realized the clothes were dry but as I said I was rushed and not paying attention. As for Gain and asthmatics....do you remember me telling you before detergent and/or scents are not a trigger for this boy? After many many months, actually years of on again off again testing his triggers are stress, exercise(even walking quickly) and cats. These tests are at a grading system from 1 to 5 with 5 being a real problem. Cats he's a 5. Stress5 exercise and brisk walking 5. Some trees, molds, grasses, dust mites 1 along with a bunch of other stuff that's a 1. I was insistant about laundry supplies but the 3 pulmonologists at Childrens tell me no. Thats the thing about asthma...not every asthmatic has the same triggers.

Eta I do however use Tide Free on all the boys things simply because its good stuff and I don't expecially want them breathing in perfumes along with STPP in the next to last rinse to insure a good strip of the detergents.

Bjorn, I'm still laughing at hanging the dry unwashed clothes. LOL

Yeah I do know about different triggers, I just never took any chances. Cats are the worst for mine also but he couldn't be around any loud scents, like candles, air fresheners even some food especially dairy. As he has gotten older his is better but I know people that never had it in their life until they were in later 60's. Anyway maybe the Gain won't bother you. You will just have to use the dispenser.

Sparky I rarely use my dispenser. I know I probably should and there's no legitament reason not to. Habit I suppose.

Spatky Chip is a number 1 for dairy and wheat but what I understand is many people are even non asthmatics, but I know a lady that can't eat any wheat or she will have an attack. Sad that a cure can't be found although there are much better management options today but sure does come at a health risk.

"MamaPinky0: Woman dies from suds lock."

OMG, LOL, reading that I woulda spit lemonade all over my keyboard if I'd been drinking any.

mamapinkyo - oh noes! I'm glad you are okay.

sparky823 - with cats as an asthma trigger, how does one handle an "emotional support cat" sitting near one on an airplane?

LOL@ Dadoes laughing so hard.

I survived the night. Lol. So far so good. Thanks everyone.lol

Happy you're OK. Brings to mind an incident years ago .... I got up in the night for a drink of water, drowsily picked up a bottle of dishwashing liquid by the sink and took a swig from it. Didn't swallow but was *immediately* thrown wide awake. I don't think I was sleepwalking unless it was a one-time occurrence as there's no history of it either before or after that incident.

Couldn't be sitting next to a cat on a plane or anywhere else. Just have to change flights.

Cavimum, that is a real issue for some... my oldest daughter (20) has severe animal allergies, she even needed an epi-pen shot and multiple breathing treatments from the cat allergen in her scratch test for allergies. Ugh!! (And they had left the dog allergen out because we described her previous encounters with dogs, but she had never come into contact with cats so we didn't know) So far she has been able to handle legitimate service dogs (even though she's highly allergic to even the supposed hypoallergenic dogs) because she has never encountered them in such a confined space as an airplane. She stays on large amounts of daily medication just to have a semblance of normal, and we are a totally pet free home. She is a nursing student now and has been going through her clinicals... she has to ask patients whether or not they have pets before she handles any of their personal effects. (Or she assumes that they do if she can't ask) She can't ride in people's cars if they allow their animals in there. At least it's easier than when she was little, at least she knows not to touch her face if she's possibly come into contact with an allergen. She has always been emotionally fine with properly trained service dogs... she knows they do a valuable and important job, and she knows they're so well trained that she's unlikely to come into accidental contact with them, she wants people with disabilities to have their service dogs and she knows she has to go out of her way to avoid contact and is fine with that. But this whole culture of acceptance for 'support animals' with so little regulation is downright scary for someone like my daughter.