The relationship between children and their pets It is usually one that takes a sigh from the tenderness that can overflow when they are together. But in addition to being a moving scene, in recent years it has been found that having a pet at home could have certain health benefits for children.
A recent study found that having a cat at home when your children are still babies, could protect them from having asthma in the future.
The study
Some time ago we shared you in Babies and more a study in which it was discovered that babies living with dogs have a lower risk of developing asthma. Now this new study was found that Cats could also bring that benefit to children's health..
The research was conducted by scientists from Denmark and it revealed that Cats prevent asthma from developing in babies who are carriers of the "asthma gene", 17q21. Basically, if your child is prone to asthma in the future, living with a cat as a baby would help prevent the disease from developing.
These results were obtained by analyzing 377 children at risk of asthma in the future, who were children of women who did. It was found that in children who had spent time with a cat when they were babies, the gene that made them prone to asthma had "deactivated".
The researchers' conclusion included that in addition to asthma, living with a cat would also help reduce the risk of pneumonia or bronchiolitis in those babies susceptible to them.
