So I cuddle every night with my short haired mutt, and sometimes I nap in the afternoon cuddled with my golden retriever. They shed like crazy, and my bed and shirt are always covered in fur. I sometimes get sneezing fits when it gets too much, and id have to take antihistamines.
My mom told me to stop cuddling my dogs since she’s heard of people having fur build up in their lungs. Because they cuddle every night with their dogs who shed (like I do).
I’m not really sure if it actually happens… or maybe it’s just my mom finding me weird for cuddling my dogs to sleep. She has admitted before that she’s not really a pet-person since she finds dogs scary and dirty. She’s always scared they’d bite my face. So yeah…
Is it an actual thing that happens? If so how’d you get all that fur out?
Pet groomers can get something called groomers lung which is when teeny tiny bits of cut hair and pet dander get in lungs and don’t get swept out by the lungs cilia because they are sharp edged from being cut/trimmed they lodge in the lungs and cause problems by damaging and scaring the lungs or by causing an allergic reaction directly inside the lungs. This is usually a chronic condition once it develops as the lungs are permanently damaged. This is prevented by keeping the workplace clean, well ventilated and wearing a mask when grooming dogs. Natural dog hair that isn’t being clipped should be too big to be easily inhaled into the lungs, if any does get into your airway you’d most likely cough it out or swallow it and digest it.