X-rays of dogs from smoking households are attracting a lot of attention online, and voices are growing that the awareness of'indirect smoking' should be raised.
On the 3rd, two photos were posted on the Twitter account of a YouTuber who is active under the name of'American veterinarian' with an explanation of "Comparison of chest x-rays of normal vs. smoking household dogs."
American Veterinarians graduated from Cornell University's Department of Veterinary Medicine and are currently working in the United States.
If you look at the picture, you can see that the organs in the photo of a dog in a smoking household are more swollen and muddy. , Lung disease, chronic bronchitis, etc. increase the probability of various diseases. If you want to bloom, go out and smoke alone," he added.
In fact, according to the results of a study published in 2016 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), not only people drink cigarette smoke (secondary smoking), but also residues left on floors, hair, owners and their own skin (tertiary Smoking) is also a problem for pets.
In particular, cats have a habit of grooming and licking their fur and skin from time to time, so toxic substances accumulated in their fur are absorbed during this process, which is said to have a greater risk of developing oral cancer.
Dogs have a relatively high degree of nose cancer due to their developed sense of smell.
Netizens are showing sympathetic reactions to the problem of second-hand smoke, such as "I will show this picture to my family who smokes" and "How painful it would be for non-speaking animals to change owners?"
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(Photo ='American Veterinarian' Twitter)