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Are cats good at preventing asthma? That’s the finding of scientists studying childhood allergies in houses with and without cats. www.sciencentral.com
16 Comments Already
April 23rd, 2010 @8:34 am
I had a dog since I was born and I’ve got asthma… damn lol
April 23rd, 2010 @9:17 am
My lungs collapsed from one of the asthma attack almost died if i hadn’t been resusitated.
April 23rd, 2010 @10:13 am
So? You could have gotten you’re asthma from somwhere else..
April 23rd, 2010 @10:15 am
this certainly didn’t work for me… i grew up with cats and have asthma, albeit very mild asthma
April 23rd, 2010 @10:36 am
Bah, I’ve had cats all my life and I ended up becoming severely allergic to them to the point where I can’t go inside a home that has an indoor cat without breaking out in bumps. :/ This whole thing is more like a cointoss.
April 23rd, 2010 @11:03 am
Everybody must watch this! Warning from NASA.
watch?v=JUtVQ7QbCNU
April 23rd, 2010 @11:26 am
I dunno I got asthma last year and I don’t like cats and have never had one so I dunno that guy could be on to something.
April 23rd, 2010 @12:17 pm
this isnt true cuz i has a cat my whole life since i was born and i got asthma when i was five
April 23rd, 2010 @12:43 pm
Because early exposure to something that may cause asthma may help help the body build up a resistance / immunity to it. It’s the same reason that some people expose their kids to chicken pox – the body builds up a natural immunity.
If you grow up with cats you are way less likely to develop an allergic reaction to cats. This doesn’t mean that you won’t get asthma – but it does make sense that it could help.
April 23rd, 2010 @1:21 pm
My grandmother has a cat and the only time i ever get asthma is when i go to her house.
April 23rd, 2010 @2:17 pm
Sure, if the kid doesn’t die from asthma attacks, first. Seriously, this video is kind of stupid, cats cause asthma, why in the world would they prevent it?
April 23rd, 2010 @2:41 pm
Eugenics is even better at preventing Asthma, but Freedom is doing all it can to bring us all down to the bottom of the genetic barrel.
April 23rd, 2010 @3:29 pm
This video published assumptions, not research facts. Why the hell do they do that? For public relations?
April 23rd, 2010 @4:08 pm
I kept thinking that this video was going to be a joke.
April 23rd, 2010 @4:16 pm
*goes buy a cat*
Yay for cats!