Death from sleeping with dog

[tracker1]

Today there was a report of a girl dying from a lung infection (lungs full of dog hair) as reported by the doctor, supposedly caused by dog sleeping in close proximity, it was reported that she also developed TB as a result. Any information would be grateful as I've had dogs and cats all my life.

[Costas2008]

Yes, heard of that from my wife.

She used to sleep with the dog, heads on the same pillow, also used to eat from the same plate with the dog.

She also had a monkey as a pet, same sleeping on the same bed.

Weird.

[schondie]

Same as Costas, I heard this one from my wife. As I've always had dogs and cats sharing the bed throughout my life.

Cats are more likely to cause TB than dogs. Maybe the monkey was to blame for the TB but the dog hair in the lungs was a factor.

Still not sure what to make of this story. Autopsy may have been done by an amateur rather than by a competent doctor.

[Suradit69]

Sounds like its a rare occurrence. I too have spent much of my life with cats and dogs sharing beds, eating & food prep areas and such.

The truth about cats and dogs... and tuberculosis: Are you really at risk?

It’s near here that nine pet cats were found to be infected with the mycobacterium that causes tuberculosis in cattle.

This has long been known as a feline disease too but had always been assumed until now to be very rare.

The present discovery is all the more alarming because it has also been shown for the first time in Britain that the disease was passed from some of the cats to their human owners.

Jessica Livings, 19, was one of two owners who caught tuberculosis from their cats in the outbreak.

There has also been a recent case of a 10-year-old boy in Gloucestershire catching TB from the family dog, which was later put down.

The child has since recovered.

So should ordinary pet owners be worried they too might be in danger of catching TB from their beloved cat or dog?

The Berkshire cases have only just come to light after officials at Public Health England (PHE) concluded an investigation into the outbreak.

The infections were first spotted in 2012 and 2013.

The link was found by Newbury vet Carl Gorman, whose own tabby Milhouse was among those showing signs of bovine tuberculosis.

Seven out of the nine had sustained bite wounds, presumably from diseased wildlife.

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/467782/The-truth-about-cats-and-dogs-and-tuberculosis-Are-you-really-at-risk

Edited July 17, 2014 by Suradit69

[robertthebruce]

I've slept with a few DOGS in my time, and I am still living to tell the tale.....

[ClutchClark]

Isn't hair to big to enter the lungs?

Wouldn't the bodies gag reflex cough up a foreign particle of this size?

Where is Cheryl?

[ignis]

I've slept with a few DOGS in my time, and I am still living to tell the tale.....

same here most of my life, from a small kid to present, as nomal 3 of mine came up to bed last night

[meatboy]

well me and mrs.meat should be top of the risk league if its dog hair on the lungs as everyone who reads the posts on here know our boy who sleeps with us has a double coat which he shreds every day.

[tracker1]

Same same!!!! I would have choked to death a long time ago with all the pets I have shared life with. Would love to know who this Doctor is and give him a wide berth ! but again this is Thailand where things happen out of the ordinary

[wayned]

Woke up this morning and there were five in the bed. No, one was not my wife, she's been sick and has been sleeping in the other bedroom with two other mutts keeping her company. My 11 year old Golden sleeps on the floor beside the bed or in the bathroom as it's cooler.

[kurnell]

Utter nonsense. TB from a dog??

[Mrjlh]

A newspaper reported the Doctors say the child had a lung disease but not from dog hair. You gonna believe "wives tales" or the Doctors. Not sure I could post the link.

[harrry]

My dogs sleep on the floor next to my bed when I let them inside which is usually only when there is thunder as the tend to look after the house but not on my bed. Not that they are dirty but they do go rolling in the garden and never know what microscopic bities they may pick up. Lots of worse things for you than dogs and cats though.

[bina]

tb more likely from the monkey;

dog hair causing lung disease, i suppose. more likely that groomers and kennel workers would get that, and only after much prolonged exposure, rather like otehr occupational disease.

sounds more like garbled medical information: although isolated cases of anything do happen.

bovine/caprine tb =known.

there is also psuedo tb (johnnes disease) caprine but supposedly not a zoonoses to humans.

could be she was exposed to tb and then due to dog hair and allergies and asthma not treated she had scarring on her lungs and the dog hair exacerbated it.

medical info should come from medical people cause things get distorted along the away otherwise.