Pet Dog May Cause Recurrent Strep Throat

Image courtesy of alex_ugalek at  FreeDigitalPhotos.net In rare situations, strep throat infection bounces repeatedly among all family members. In such situations, the family's pet dog may be the carrier for strep that may cause such recurrent strep infections among the children and parents. See references below. Fortunately, in the vast majority of situations, the pet dog has no role in recurrent strep throat infections . Indeed, many healthcare professionals are in fact skeptical …

8/21/2016 0

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World Record Large Ears

On September 2011, the Guinness Book of World Records announced the longest ears of any dog belongs to a Coonhound named Harbor. His magnificent ears measured 12.25 inches and 13.5 inches long (left and right respectively). I wonder how much earwax he produces!

9/17/2011 0

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Kids Exposed to Fido or Fluffy in the First Year of Life Decreases Risk of Becoming Allergic to Them

There have been a number of studies in the past investigating whether it is healthy for a baby to be around pets and whether such exposure increases or decreases risk of becoming allergic to them later in life. In a recent study (published online June 2011), the researchers found that among males, those with an indoor dog during the first year of life had half the risk of becoming allergic to dogs at age 18 compared with those who did not have an indoor dog in the first year of life regard…

6/15/2011 0

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Hypoallergenic Cats and Dogs

CBS news published a story on hypoallergenic pets on their website here . The story did report that pricey pets that claim to be easy on allergy sufferers are probably more hype than true, but than did go on to list dogs and cats that are purportedly hypoallergenic. The claim for hypoallergenicity is based on hair/fur/dander length or quantity... mainly the shorter or smaller the amount, the less allergenic. However, there are other reasons why hypoallergenic pets are NOT hypoallergenic.…

4/01/2011 0

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Pet Dogs Reduce Allergies in Children, But Cats Increase Them

Man's best friend also appears to make us healthy in more ways than one including reducing allergies in children by as much as 4 times according to new research from the University of Cincinnati. On the other hand, cats put children at risk of allergies by 13 TIMES! The data to obtain these results were obtained from 636 children enrolled in the Cincinnati Childhood Allergy & Air Pollution Study (CCAAPS), a long-term study examining the effects of environmental particulates on chil…

9/30/2010 0

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Allergy to Cats, Dogs, or Dust Make Allergy to All Else More Severe

New research published in this month's Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology reported that patients with allergy to cat, dog, and/or dust mite resulted in increased allergy symptom severity to other allergies like ragweed. In other words, if you have a cat allergy and also allergic to ragweed, the cat will actually make your allergy to ragweed even worse than if you did not have a cat (or have a cat allergy). These year-round allergies appear to “pre-prime” the immune system s…

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