What is pet dander?
The Mayo Clinic sums it up like this: “pet allergies are triggered by exposure to the dead flakes of skin (dander) a pet sheds. Any animal with fur can be a source of pet allergies. Pet allergies are most commonly associated with cats and dogs.” That means those dead flakes of skin are getting everywhere: the carpet, the bed, the couch, and even into the atmosphere.
What is Groomers Lung?
When you’re snipping, brushing, and shaving an animal’s fur, it’s no surprise that tiny hairs and clumps of fur are flying through the air. As this material floats into the atmosphere around you, you’re likely breathing some of it in.
If you’re breathing in tiny particles of dead skin and fur, this material can get deep into your lungs, accumulating over time. The human lungs are not capable of “processing” this material, which can lead to a health condition known as groomers lung.
This pet groomers lung disease is a chronic condition that can affect your lung function. The tiny, sharp fragments of hair get deep into the lungs, leaving inflammation and scar tissue behind.
Once you have groomers lung, it will likely affect you for the rest of your life. Some groomers lung symptoms include chronic coughing, frequent chest pain, and general inflammation of the airway. Many groomers also experience lung-related issues like bronchitis or pneumonia.
While it’s not quite as bad for you as smoking, groomers lung is still a very dangerous and difficult health problem to deal with. That’s why protecting yourself in advance is so important so that you can continue doing the job you love without negative effects.
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What is pet groomer’s lung and why YOU should care about it
What happens when you inhale pet hair or dander? When pet hair and dander (Pet dander is the combined tiny form of skin flecks shed by pets with feathers or fur.) are inhaled, the tiny hairs and other harmful particles can enter into the lungs and create a lung disease. If groomers experience constant wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath, it is the sign of a chronic lung disease which affects the lungs severely because of imperfect pet grooming.
When you groom your dogs at home, you need to keep some essential equipment with you for safer grooming, which are the bathtub, shampoo, faucet sprayer, some dry towels, nail clipper, blow dryer, styptic powder, long nose hair cutters, clean cotton wads, and hair clippers.
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