Re: pets and rosacea

[Guest guest]

Lucky woman cats, a dog and a horse! My perfect scenario. I'd ad a cow too

because they are so smart and gentle.

I used to think that there may be a relationship between the cats and my skin

but I have been catless for 7 years now and my rosacea has advanced from very

mild to mild. My stepmother had rosacea too - she always had cats but her

rosacea went away when she hit menopause. My mother had two dogs and 3 horses

for about 6 years and her rosacea didn't start til about 2 years after they sold

the farm.

Maybe there is a correlation for you since we are all different but gee I

wouldn't give the pets up to experiment. Lets face it your pets don't know or

care that you have rosacea... they love you for the tender vittles, meaty chunks

and hay!!

Leah

[Guest guest]

I have three dogs and I was diagnosed with R before the current pack entered

my life. However, I had greyhounds for the most part of the past 17 years or

so, but I don't believe there is any connection between rosacea and my dogs.

I never had a problem with allergies though I have to say that greyhounds

are considered " hypoallergenic " . A friend came once to visit with his new

girlfriend who has severe allergies. She was very surprised that at the end

of the visit she has only mildly stuffed nose - and she was sitting on the

couch and one of the dogs was snuggling up with her. She said that normally

she would not be able to survive longer than half an hour and then she would

be swollen, with runny nose and eyes.

Alena

[Guest guest]

Oops, did it again. Hit reply and forgot to change it " to the group " .

Many studies indicate that pets can help reduce our stress. Stress

is a factor in rosacea. So pets are good, yah?!?

- Nimeera - trying not to stress over the issue of remembering to

hit " reply to group "

PS: I currently live with two large dogs (Siberian Huskies) and one

small cat

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I am very sporadic on reading my rosacea mail, so I may have missed something

here. I wanted to clarify that in no way did I mean to insinuate that

demodex mites can migrate from dogs to us. They are two different mites

(demodex folliculorum and/or brevis and demodex canis) and I'm pretty sure

demodex canis is species specific and will not survive on humans. My only

reason for posting " Demodex: canine vs human " was because of the association

between abundant yeast and demodectic mange and that it can be controlled

through diet which in turn creates a healthy immune system. I believe so

much in diet being the answer, I found it very interesting and wanted to

share it with you all.

Take care!

Rene