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Pet cats against AIDS and others
With no specific cure for your ailment, no idea if when is the end, not
many people who are willing to get close to you, no more time to be guilty
then and now…
These are just some of the many uncertainties and pain a person with AIDS,
HIV or any other STDs (Sexually Transmitted Disease). As a kind of sickness
which the society feels less acceptable, any person who has it, no matter
how callous he or she may be will really feel lonesome. According to a study
published in the April 1999 journal AIDS Care, those who own pets such as
cats are also less likely to suffer from depression, even as symptoms from
this frightening disease become more severe
This feeling of solitude and helplessness will just worsen things. At this
point of their lives, they need to be stress-free, guilt-free and so forth.
Moreover, they must feel happy, accepted and loved. Being in their situation
is difficult. If they do not find means of recreation, they would feel so
much depression and anxiety. Thus, health hazards would be so strong to overcome.
Companionship and consistency are among the wonderful things pets could
give AIDS or HIV patients and victims. These animals provide them pleasure,
love, attention emotions which they cannot freely have from others due to
the negative social stigma we have around. "The benefits of pet ownership
especially these affectionate cats, are real -- physically, mentally and
psychosocially," confirms Dr. Daniel Joffe, a Calgary veterinarian who
specializes in companion animals. People need companion. If in the absence
of a good friend or a loved-one, pets are the purest source of joy.
We do not have to insert coins just to be entertained. For animal-assisted
therapy patients, they do not have to stay in bed, shedding all those tears
at all times. As a medium of social interaction, pets help one patient feel
better by easily linking him with other patients. Interacting with one another
is not merely a way of meeting somebody who has the same situations like
yours. Indeed, it helps you feel that you are not alone and that someone
else could understand where you are coming from. A friendship may bloom and
few know that friendships provide a lot of remedies to even deep pains beyond
the treatment of chemicals.
Long time ago, pets such as cats graced our homes and we felt happy. Today,
they grace hospitals and asylums: we feel safe and sane. We must consider
them as blessings. Thus, encourage the rest of the world to take care of
animals. The world needs them. We need them.
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