Pet hair can cause baby allergies, pets have parasites, pets can scratch babies ... The potential danger brought by pets to babies can not be ignored, and the safety and hygiene of pets is also an eternal topic. What should I pay attention to?
1. Keep clean:
Including grooming and trimming the pet's body hair, even the pet's sleeping nest should be cleaned frequently. No matter people or pets, as long as they enter the room from the outside, they should be cleaned first, such as washing their hands, changing clothes and wiping their feet to avoid being infected with bacteria or parasites. Pet waste should be cleaned up in time to avoid leaving it on the ground, which is unsanitary and may easily lead to children slipping and injury.
2. Regular inspection:
Sometimes it is inevitable that pets will have skin diseases, parasites or other symptoms. It is recommended to take pets to a special animal hospital for health check-up, deworming and vaccination regularly.
3. Safety measures:
Don't think that your pet is very good, so you can despise safety precautions. Try to keep your baby away from pets, and don't let your baby be alone with pets.
Don't feed your baby in front of your pet, especially a rich diet. It is difficult to ensure that pets will not be robbed of food, so that children are in danger of being attacked;
Don't let the pet play exciting games in front of the baby, lest the pet be too excited to collide with the baby and have an accident;
Once the pet is found hissing, barking or growling at the baby, or showing signs of anger, it should be stopped in time and separated from the baby.
4. Educate your baby:
Let the baby know that getting close to pets can sometimes be dangerous.
Don't let children under 6 years old get along with animals alone;
Teach your baby how to gently touch your pet and don't let it lick your baby's face;
Avoid yelling around dogs. Too much noise may frighten or irritate dogs;
Be kind to animals and don't abuse pets with sticks at will;
Teach your baby to stay away from stray dogs and cats.
At present, there are more than 200 known zoonotic diseases, such as avian influenza, rabies, toxoplasmosis, cat scratch disease, dengue fever, leptospirosis, plague, China disease, epidemic hemorrhagic fever and so on.
The most common:
1. Rabies:
Rabies is a dangerous acute infectious disease caused by rabies virus, and the risk of rabies may occur after being bitten by dogs or cats.
2. Cat tinea and tinea capitis:
After infection, the skin will appear erythema, and some will have small blisters; Tinea capitis is characterized by alopecia and dandruff. And tinea capitis is highly contagious. In addition, papular urticaria is mainly caused by parasites, fleas and fungi on animals.
3. Cat scratch disease:
Acute infectious diseases mainly caused by scratches or bites of domestic cats. The skin at the scratch or bite is red, swollen, painful and suppurative; Local lymph node enlargement and tenderness. It may be accompanied by symptoms such as fever.
4.Toxoplasma gondii:
Cats are the most susceptible to this disease among animals. If the feces of Toxoplasma eggs discharged by animals pollute water and food, it can cause Toxoplasma infection; In addition, Toxoplasma gondii is also found in the saliva of cats, dogs and other animals, which can enter the body from children's mucosa or broken skin. Babies with low immunity will be more serious after fetal infection.
5. Parrot disease:
Some birds, such as parrots, can spread bacteria through feces or dust on feathers. The symptoms of this disease are cough and chest pain, and may be accompanied by fever, chills, muscle pain and vomiting.
6. Salmonella:
Salmonella lurks in the skin of reptiles, leaving traces of bacteria on everything they touch. Infectious diseases caused by salmonella sometimes become very serious and even life-threatening, especially for young children.
7. Allergy:
Pet's hair itself and things on it, such as pollen, dust and dander, can cause allergies. If you sneeze when you are in a room with your pet, it is probably caused by pet dander. Kittens are more likely to make babies allergic than puppies. According to a survey by Japanese medical researchers, children who live in families with animals such as cats and rabbits before 1 year-old have a significantly increased risk of allergic dermatitis. However, some studies have come to the opposite conclusion. Children who are exposed to pets at the age of one are less likely to have allergic reactions at the age of seven to nine.
At present, there is no accurate conclusion about whether raising animals can improve or reduce the incidence of allergic diseases. If the parents themselves have severe allergic symptoms or the baby is obviously allergic to animal hair or mites, it is prudent to keep pets.
Diseases caused by pets, although accounting for a small number of pets, should also be paid attention to. Here are some simple ways to help prevent diseases caused by pets.
1. The best prevention method is to ensure the health of pets, give them regular physical examinations, give them regular pesticides and vaccinate them on time.
2. Keep a certain distance from pets in your life. Don't be too intimate, and avoid letting pets lick and kiss with their noses or mouths. Don't let your pet eat at the same table with you, let alone use tableware with your pet. Wash your hands in time after touching pets.
3. Strictly clean up the excrement of pets and disinfect their living environment regularly.
4. If your pet is often outdoors, always check whether there are lice parasites on them.
When the bird's appetite drops obviously and its feathers are dull, it needs special attention, because it is likely to be infected with parrot disease. You need to wear gloves or even a mask to clean the birdcage.
6. For rabies that is harmful, once bitten by dogs and cats, rabies vaccine must be injected within 24 hours.
For the sake of safety, all unvaccinated dog or pet bites should be regarded as rabies bites.
Proper treatment of wounds is the key to prevent the onset, and the sooner the better. It's best to get the help of a doctor, of course, minor injuries can also be handled by yourself first.
1. Wash the wound with plenty of water. Thoroughly clean the wound:
Wounds bitten by dogs or cats are often small outside and deep inside. When irrigation is needed, enlarge the wound as much as possible and squeeze the soft tissue around the wound. Moreover, the amount of water to be washed is large and the current is urgent. It is best to rinse with tap water for at least half an hour.
Except for a few large wounds that hurt blood vessels and need to stop bleeding, drugs are generally not used and dressing is not needed.
After the initial treatment of the wound, parents should immediately take their children to the hospital for treatment and vaccinate them with rabies vaccine, rabies immune serum and tetanus injection.
During vaccination, be careful not to let your baby drink strong tea, coffee or eat irritating food. At the same time, it is necessary to prevent the baby from catching cold, strenuous exercise or excessive fatigue to prevent colds.
2. If the baby is slightly bitten by a pet, but the skin is not damaged:
First, appease the frightened baby, immediately rinse the bitten part with plenty of water, and then rinse the bitten part with non-irritating or less irritating soap.
If the baby is accompanied by itching and other abnormal conditions, you should go to the hospital in time.
3. If the pet falls and hurts its head:
First, check whether the baby's head is injured or bleeding. Hold the baby's bleeding wound with a clean handkerchief and seek medical attention in time.
Observe the baby's mental state, nursing and sleep after falling. If there are any abnormalities (such as poor reaction, drowsiness, poor nursing, frequent vomiting, unexplained severe crying, etc.). ), need to take the baby to the hospital for examination. Do head CT if necessary to determine whether there is intracranial hemorrhage. It usually takes about 3 days to observe.