The similarities are striking.
Dogs and humans alike get allergies, infections, tumors, and are even susceptible to thyroid problems, obesity, gingivitis and the list goes on.
Our organs are very much the same, and thus for a significant part, so are the medicines we use to cure ourselves.
You can give your dog Benadryl for his/her allergies, Vick's Vapor Rub for breathing difficulty, even human ointments for dog infections.
It is, however, recommended you consult a pet professional or veterinarian first.
I found my dog and I would start wheezing every spring with runny noses turns out we both have allergies.
I had an idea.
With my veterinarian's go ahead, I gave Sam (my dog) some Benadryl.
In fact, we took the pills together and our symptoms amazingly improved together.
Aside from feeding Sam table food, especially chocolate, I have begun treating him not so different from myself when it comes to basic health issues, like allergies or breathing problems, with medicine I use myself.
Not many people realize that pets can also benefit from these medicines, when used with the proper dosages for a dog's weight.
We are in fact not very different.
We both have blood pumping through our veins, fed by a beating heart.
We breathe with lungs, see with eyes, and smell with our noses.
It only makes sense that medicine that can help me when I am ill, can help my dog in similar circumstances.
Disease and illness are, unfortunately, not discriminatory.
Humans can get diseases from dogs.
Tapeworms - a parasite, Lyme disease, Brucellosis, and Salmonellosis - all three are bacterial diseases -are a few examples of disease that spreads from dogs to humans.
But the very fact that these diseases spread indicates that the medicine we use to cure ourselves and alleviate symptoms could be helpful to our dogs.
And further, it indicates that our bodies are quite similar - not only in form, but in the possibility for us both to contract similar illnesses.
Always consult your veterinarian or a pet professional before administering any human medicines to your pet.
Be sure to take care to give the proper dosage at the proper times.
Always take your dogs difficulty in consideration before your decision to try a human medicine is made.
With the correct understanding, your dog might benefit from a medicine you use when he or she carries a disease or illness that humans are also capable of contracting.
Dogs and humans alike get allergies, infections, tumors, and are even susceptible to thyroid problems, obesity, gingivitis and the list goes on.
Our organs are very much the same, and thus for a significant part, so are the medicines we use to cure ourselves.
You can give your dog Benadryl for his/her allergies, Vick's Vapor Rub for breathing difficulty, even human ointments for dog infections.
It is, however, recommended you consult a pet professional or veterinarian first.
I found my dog and I would start wheezing every spring with runny noses turns out we both have allergies.
I had an idea.
With my veterinarian's go ahead, I gave Sam (my dog) some Benadryl.
In fact, we took the pills together and our symptoms amazingly improved together.
Aside from feeding Sam table food, especially chocolate, I have begun treating him not so different from myself when it comes to basic health issues, like allergies or breathing problems, with medicine I use myself.
Not many people realize that pets can also benefit from these medicines, when used with the proper dosages for a dog's weight.
We are in fact not very different.
We both have blood pumping through our veins, fed by a beating heart.
We breathe with lungs, see with eyes, and smell with our noses.
It only makes sense that medicine that can help me when I am ill, can help my dog in similar circumstances.
Disease and illness are, unfortunately, not discriminatory.
Humans can get diseases from dogs.
Tapeworms - a parasite, Lyme disease, Brucellosis, and Salmonellosis - all three are bacterial diseases -are a few examples of disease that spreads from dogs to humans.
But the very fact that these diseases spread indicates that the medicine we use to cure ourselves and alleviate symptoms could be helpful to our dogs.
And further, it indicates that our bodies are quite similar - not only in form, but in the possibility for us both to contract similar illnesses.
Always consult your veterinarian or a pet professional before administering any human medicines to your pet.
Be sure to take care to give the proper dosage at the proper times.
Always take your dogs difficulty in consideration before your decision to try a human medicine is made.
With the correct understanding, your dog might benefit from a medicine you use when he or she carries a disease or illness that humans are also capable of contracting.
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