Pleasing 4 Pets

A recent Swedish report has indicated that a child which grows up with a pet dog has an increased chance of becoming a heavy snorer in later life.

The findings which were published by scientists at the University Hospital of Umea claim to have discovered that newborn babies having been exposed to the presence of a pet dog are 26% more at risk of being snorers than those that are not. The study went on to suggest that allergic reactions and inflammations could potentially change the contours of the airways permanently.

Airborne endotoxins - micro organisms which promote inflammation and are thought to affect the lymphatic systems of young infants which in turn is linked to permanent enlargement of the tonsils, were found to be more common in household which home dogs. of the tonsils.

The team of scientists examined almost 16,000 randomly chosen people aged between 25 and 54 from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Estonia and confirmed that of those that took part in the study 18% confessed to being habitual snorers - which was characterised as “loud and disturbing snoring at least three nights a week”.

The study went on to reveal that of the pets owned as a small child - ‘Cat’, ‘dog’ or ‘other pet’, only those who has lived with a dog as a child appeared to be at increased risk habitual snoring.