How To Effectively Treat And Manage Your Dog Asthma

Unlike humans who can talk about how they feel, pets can’t… even when they are undergoing terrible pains. Dog asthma happens to many dogs as it also happens to humans.

You see, the human biological set-up and that of animals is not much different. The same way our respiratory organs work is very similar to that of animals, including your dog. So, dog asthma is not strange at all. It is just not as common as human asthma.

Dog asthma occurs when the respiratory system of dogs are inflamed. This is caused by the constriction of the air passages in their lungs, leading to extreme difficulty in breathing and severe periods of coughing and wheezing… the same type that happen with humans.

If this always happens to your dog, then it could be having asthma attacks. Talk to your veterinarian immediately on how best to help your dog when this occurs. Your veterinarian will give your cat asthma medications that would help manage the asthma.

Apart from these medications you can do simple things to prevent or reduce the asthmatic attacks that your dog is having.

For starters there must have been certain allergens that cause or trigger the dog asthma in the first place. Try to identify what these allergens are and do all you can to reduce your dog’s exposure to them.

Some of the allergens can include dust, smoke, contaminants, irritants, pollutants, etc. You can help your dog by keeping its sleeping place free from as much dust, pollen, smoke, etc as possible. The less allergen there is to trigger your dog’s asthma, the less attacks it will be having.

Guide to Asthma In Cats

In case you didn’t know, even your cat can have asthma.

When a friend of mine first heard this, she laughed and fell off her chair… wondering why cats should have asthma.

When I asked her why she laughed so hard, she said it sounded so funny to hear- especially thinking of how, in her words, they would cough and gasp for breath the way humans who have asthma do.

Well, I don’t know about you, but I didn’t enjoy her laughter at all. For me, it is not funny at all and these poor cats with asthma equally go through a very difficult time with asthma, as much as humans do.

Now… before you agree with me or disagree, spare some time to really have a closer look at how asthma in cats is.

Asthma in cats occur when cats develop certain disorders in their respiratory systems. This type of respiratory disorders in these cats is caused by asthma – similar to that of humans.

So, just as humans have a problem with their breathing, cats also experience constriction of the air passages in their cat lungs.

Just like humans who experience asthma attacks, cats suffering from asthma suffer several moments of critical difficulty in breathing and, wait for it, several periods of severe coughing.

When this occurs on a consistent basis you are sure you have a cat with asthma. To be more certain, watch out for the following 2 main symptoms-

- When your cat experiences difficulty in breathing.
- When your cat experiences coughing.

What next to do? Contact your veterinarian at once… before your cat dies of this terrible breath-constricting disease!