Animals – passive smokers
As cigarettes cause many health problems, we all know, however, that cigarettes can also significantly affect the health of your best friend and in silence.
- Currently in Brazil.
- 10.
- 8% of the population is smokers and.
- Even with a drastic drop in this number in recent years due to awareness campaigns.
- This figure remains high.
- Cigarette smoke can contain about 4700 harmful substances.
- Including nicotine and carbon monoxide.
- Causing serious damage to the body when inhaled.
- If you want to know more about this health issue that affects your pets.
- Read this Article of Animal Expert:!.
Passive smokers are those who can indirectly inhale or come into contact with cigarette smoke and therefore harmful substances.A passive smoker can take as many risks as the smoker himself, and that’s where our best friends, pets, come in.
It is common for pets to always shop to be with their owners, regardless of the situations or environments in which they are located, for them the important thing is to share every second with their great idol.
Air in a smoker’s environment can contain three times more nicotine and carbon monoxide and up to 50 times more carcinogens than smoke inhaled by the smoker, this is due to the presence of the cigarette filter, which eventually filters out most of these compounds.Read on to learn more about “animals: casual smokers.”
If we analyze the respiratory system of animals, we will see that it is very similar to that of humans, so it is not difficult to understand that they can also suffer the same damage to their health as a smoker.An environment with cigarette smoke inhales and also comes into contact with all substances present and these substances will over time cause damage to the body.
Irritations are typical clinical signs of passive smoking animals: cough, eye irritation, conjunctivitis and lack of appetite due to nausea, and may be the first manifestations of exposure to cigarette smoke. These signs can be more serious when the environment in which the animal is located is closed or when the concentration of smoke is high, as is the case in animals that smoke passively.
The onset of respiratory diseases is common in these animals, with different types of clinical manifestations due to the accumulation of toxic substances in the lungs and the deterioration of the normal functioning of the respiratory organs.Bronchitis and asthma are complications that usually occur in the long run and, if not treated in time, can become serious and often even fatal.Learn more about asthma symptoms and treatment in cats in this other article.
This dreaded disease that can also affect pets can also result from long smoke inhalation.By accumulating toxic compounds in the lungs, the genetic material of cells can undergo a change, causing disordered and uncontrolled cell growth, leading to the formation of malignancies.
Chronic sinusitis is very common in people who smoke due to the destruction of respiratory mucosa cells by toxic compounds of cigarette smoke, and would be no different in animals.The respiratory lining of animals is more sensitive, becoming more sensitive to the development of sinusitis.associated complications.
Just as a smoker tends to develop cardiovascular disease due to smoking, so do passive smoking animals.Over time, your heart tends to have more difficulty pumping blood, and your arteries become less elastic, these changes lead to heart failure and also vascular failure.that can be complicated by other factors such as age and concomitant diseases.
The right thing to do would be to cut the evil from the root, stop smoking, your health and that of your pet would improve a lot, but when this alternative is not possible, it is always advisable to keep the animal away from smoking, and perform this act in an open and ventilated environment, so as not to concentrate the smoke inside the house.
Another important factor is to always keep furniture clean, as toxic substances can accumulate on flat surfaces that animals can have in direct contact, through the skin or while ingesting, now that you know that animals are also passive smokers, feel free to protect your best friend from this global problem!
This article is for informational purposes only, in Animal Expert.com.br we cannot prescribe veterinary treatments or make any type of diagnosis, we suggest taking your pet to the veterinarian in case of any type of condition or discomfort.
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