Dogs and children

Can children and dogs be stronger? The inability to live alone has always been a problem that has troubled many owners. Some people think that dogs can easily cause allergies or parasite infections in children. However, some people don’t think so. They think dogs can be good companions for children. As for hygiene issues, you just need to pay more attention to them. Moreover, raising dogs is more beneficial to children’s health, so right? So.

A research report published in the medical journal "Pediatrics" shows that dogs may be babies' best friends. The study also found that families with dogs are like Babies born in the same family are less likely to develop diseases than babies in the average family, and they rarely suffer from ear inflammation. The study followed 397 children living in rural and suburban Finland and examined whether contact with dogs in the first year of life protects babies from respiratory infections, such as colds and rare concurrent ear infections. . Eija Bergroth, the lead author of the report and a pediatrician at Kuopio University Hospital in Finland, said that children in households with dogs are healthier, they suffer from less ear infections and require fewer antibiotics.

Researchers found that 97% of the babies participated in the study when their mothers were pregnant, and many experienced symptoms of runny noses during the study. Most babies have suffered from cough, and about 40% have suffered from otitis. Nearly half of babies require antibiotic treatment. Children in dog-raising families rarely have these symptoms.

A study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that children who were exposed to two or more dogs or cats during the first year of life were more likely to suffer from various allergies later in life than children who were exposed to just one or no pets. Much shorter.

Dogs are good for children

The children in Dr. Bergros's study were nine weeks old and one year old. Their parents received weekly questionnaires to check whether the children were "live and active" in the past seven days. If children are ill, parents are asked to keep a record of their illnesses, such as fever, cough, runny nose, ear inflammation, diarrhea, urinary tract symptoms or rash. The questionnaire also asked whether these households had dogs or cats, and how long pets spent outdoors.

The researchers tabulated the results, looking at weekly questionnaire responses rather than individual children. The researchers analyzed the data in different ways to eliminate other factors that may affect the incidence of inflammation, such as breast milk, short stature, number of siblings, and whether the mother smoked during pregnancy.

Based on research, we can know that raising a dog is indeed of certain use to the physical health of children, but currently there is a very common situation, which is pregnancy Families often give away their dogs because owners are worried that Toxoplasma gondii will affect the fetus in the abdomen. However, this situation is often rare in China. This is because the pet industry has not developed very long in China, so it is understandable that there is no understanding of some pet-raising knowledge. In fact, if the owner often takes care of the dog's hygiene and deworming, there is no conflict between pregnancy and pet raising. Moreover, dogs can also become good playmates for children. Not only that, children can also learn some valuable qualities from dogs, so there is no conflict between children and dogs.

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