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How to Keep Healthy While Surrounded by Pets
Learn About the Hazards and Advantages of Pets
Owning a pet has numerous health benefits. They have the potential to increase opportunities to exercise, get outside, and interact. Walking or playing with pets regularly helps lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels. Dogs can help us cope with loneliness and sadness by providing companionship. The majority of American families have at least one pet.
Many studies have found that the attachment between humans and their pets is associated with a variety of health advantages, including:
Reduced blood pressure, cholesterol, triglyceride levels, feelings of loneliness, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms.
Improved possibilities for exercise and outdoor activities; improved cognitive performance in elderly persons; and increased socialization opportunities
Pets, on the other hand, can sometimes carry hazardous bacteria that can make us sick, even if the creature appears healthy. Zoonotic (zoe-oh-NOT-ic) diseases are those that humans contract from animals. Here are some suggestions to keep you and your family healthy while enjoying dogs.
Choose the Best Pet
When getting a new pet, make sure it’s a good fit for you and your family. Conduct some preliminary study on the animal’s individual requirements. When obtaining a pet, consider the following:
- How long will this creature live?
- What does the animal eat?
- How much exercise does your pet require?
- How big will it grow?
- What will the cost of veterinarian treatment be?
- Is there enough time in my schedule to adequately care for and clean up after the pet?
- What kind of environment does this pet require to stay healthy?
- What kind of exercise does this pet require?
- Is it okay to have a pet in my house, apartment, or condominium?
- Are there any young children, seniors, or anyone with compromised immune systems who will care for or be near the pet?
How to Keep Healthy While Surrounded by Pets
Clean Your Hands
The entire family washes their hands together.
Washing your hands is crucial whether you are playing with, feeding, or cleaning up after your pet to help lower the chance of getting sick from pathogens dogs can carry. If you or a family member are concerned about sickness, consult a doctor and report any recent animal encounter.
Maintain Your Pet's Health
A female veterinarian converses with the owner of a dog.
Regular, life-long veterinary care is essential for keeping your pet and family healthy, whether you have a dog, cat, horse, parakeet, gerbil, bearded dragon, or other entertaining pet. Frequent veterinary checkups are critical to the health of your pet.
Maintain Proper Pet Hygiene
Pet owner scoops up dog excrement and cleans up the waste
In addition to hand cleaning, basic pet cleanliness can help reduce germ transmission between pets and people. Keep pets and their supplies out of the kitchen and, whenever feasible, sanitize pet habitats and supplies outside the house. Cleaning supplies should never be done in the kitchen sink, food preparation areas, or the bathroom sink.
Children Should Be Taught How to Interact with Animals
In the sunlit living room, a happy African American boy sits on the couch and stroked his cat.
Children can learn compassion and responsibility from pets. Children under the age of 5 should be monitored when engaging with animals to guarantee the safety of both the youngster and the pet. Encourage children to wash their hands immediately after playing with animals or being in their habitat (cages, beds, food or water dishes).
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