Pets

Follow the links below to find information about pets and how they can affect your health.
Reviewed December 2011

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Title:   Fleas
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Fleas feed off the blood of humans and animals such as dogs and cats. A flea bite is intensely itchy and secondary infections are common. Treatment options include anaesthetic creams and icepacks to reduce the swelling. Fleas can transmit disease including tapeworm larvae and murine typhus. Fleas can also transmit bubonic plague from animals to humans in some parts of the world but not Australia.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Hay fever
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Hay fever is caused by breathing in something that the person is allergic to. Hayfever tends to occur at particular times of the year. It is very common.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Pets
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Children can get a great deal of joy from having a pet. Pets can help children to learn to be responsible and caring.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Child safety - children and animals
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Many families enjoy a relationship with a pet. It is important to be mindful of the responsibilities and risks associated with animals. Children should be always be closely supervised near all animals and taught how to behave safely around pets. Other animal-related dangers can be snake bite and insect bites or stings, which you need to protect your child from, especially if the child is allergic. In any emergency, call an ambulance and apply first aid.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Pets - keeping yourself safe
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   There are lots of good things for children about having and caring for pets. Playing with and cuddling pets [yuk! not spiders] is part of the fun of having them, but there are some things to remember if you want to keep yourself safe.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Asthma-friendly home
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Asthma attacks can be triggered by things in the home, such as dust, pollen and animal skin, scale or fur particles. Ventilation, reducing dust among other measures can make your home an asthma-friendly place.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Dog walking - the health benefits
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Dog walking can be good exercise. Walking the dog a few times a week could offer owners health benefits, including increased cardiovascular fitness and lower blood pressure. It is important to prepare for walking your dog like you would prepare for any activity. Pets can have other health benefits including reduced stress.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Can we have a dog, please?
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Having a dog as part of the family can be really great. There are so many good things about having a dog. Dogs can be wonderful friends and companions.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   You and your pets
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Do you or your family have a pet? What kind of pet is it? Who chose it? Who looks after it? Pets can be lots of fun if you have the right pet for your lifestyle.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Bites from animals
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Children are sometimes bitten by their own or their friends' pets. Any animals that have claws or teeth will use them to defend themselves when they are frightened.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Toxoplasmosis - reducing the risks
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Humans become infected with Toxoplasma gondii parasites through contact with infected animal - usually cat - faeces (poo). Normally, symptoms are mild. However, infection with the parasite during pregnancy has been known to cause birth defects. It can also cause illness in people with a compromised immune system. Pregnant women and immune-compromised people should take precautions.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Walking for fun and fitness - getting started
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Walking is an excellent exercise for improving or maintaining your overall health. Walking with others can turn a bout of exercise into an enjoyable social occasion. Walking can increase cardiovascular fitness, strengthen bones, reduce excess body fat and boost muscle power and endurance
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Dogs and children - play and safety tips
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Tips on keeping your child safe around dogs. Includes advice on promoting safety in relation to the family dog and unfamiliar dogs, with advice on patting dogs, handling dogs, what to do if a dog attacks, introducing a new baby to an old dog, caring for your dog, and choosing a dog.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Tapeworms and hydatid disease
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The hydatid tapeworm commonly infects dogs. A person who comes into contact with infected dog faeces may contract hydatid disease, which is when cysts form in vital organs such as the liver. Hydatid disease is a serious and potentially fatal condition. Symptoms may occur a long time after the initial infection.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Pet allergy information (as seen on Harry's Practice)
Publisher:   Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
Description:   Allergies to pets, particularly to cats and dogs, are a common cause of allergic disease, including asthma and hayfever.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Cat scratch disease - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Cat scratch disease: find out about the cause, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Dogs and kids
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Children love their dogs and most adults have had a dog during their childhood. Pets provide comfort, and teach children responsibility and care.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Pet allergen control measures for allergic asthma in children and adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Some people with asthma who own pets can be allergic to the dander that accumulates in and around the home. Certain guidelines recommend the removal of pets as the most effective way of reducing exposure to the allergens emanating from their hair and sk...
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Education of children and adolescents for the prevention of dog bite injuries
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dog bites can cause significant injuries leading to death or long-lasting disability. The education of children in the school setting could improve their knowledge and attitude towards dogs and encourage safer behaviour around them. The authors of this ...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Indoor environment and lung health
Publisher:   The Australian Lung Foundation
Description:   A healthy indoor environment with a low allergen level can prevent allergies and airway inflammation from developing in the first place. This is better than using regular medications to reduce inflammation once it has already developed.
Date:   May 2008

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