{"id":1885,"date":"2022-12-27T10:39:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T07:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dregemeneroglu.com\/kedi-tirmigi-hastaligi\/"},"modified":"2022-12-27T10:42:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T07:42:02","slug":"kedi-tirmigi-hastaligi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dregemeneroglu.com\/en\/kedi-tirmigi-hastaligi\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Scratch Disease&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">We understand more and more the importance of keeping pets in society.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">It has now been proven that petting animal lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels, reduce feelings of loneliness, and increase activities such as exercise and socialization.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">But besides this, we need to be aware of some inconveniences and act by knowing and fulfilling the responsibilities brought by petting animals.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">At your request, as I promised last episode, I will describe an ailment we call \u201ccat scratch disease\u201d in the Pediatric Surgeon&#8217;s Journal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Enjoy reading.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Cat scratch disease is actually an infection caused by a bacteria found in cats.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">The <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px; caret-color: #000000;\">bacteria\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">do<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> not cause a disease in cats.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">So, the cat looks completely normal. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">But when a cat scratches, bites, licks your eyes, mouth or causes wound on your skin, these bacteria can pass to you. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Children between the ages of 2-14 make up 80% of the patients.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Bad news for you, we all love kittens, but it&#8217;s mostly from kittens.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Because its more likely to be found in the blood of kittens.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Another contagious agent is fleas found on infected cats.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">So, what&#8217;s going on?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">If it is an infected cat, a small lump, pimple-like lesion forms on the injured area within 3-10 days.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Complaints such as fever, headache, fatigue appear.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">After an average of two weeks, swelling begins to occur in the lymph nodes of that region, typically.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">You know, when we have a throat infection, small, ball-like glands form in our throat, we call them lymph nodes.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Mostly, swelling occurs in the lymph nodes in the head, neck and armpits.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">These swellings are usually painful, the skin over them is red in color, and an abscess may occur in 10-15% of them.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Lymph node swelling caused by cat scratch disease usually disappears gradually within 1-4 months.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Yes, 85-90% disappear, but sometimes, 1-6 weeks after the lymph node swelling, the liver, spleen, eyes, bones or central nervous system can also be involved.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">In such cases, it can turn into a life-threatening condition.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Symptoms such as discharge in the eyes, redness, loss of vision, blurred consciousness, disorientation, epileptic seizures, coma and paralysis may occur.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Symptoms such as arthritis and muscle pain may occur, especially in the knee, wrist and elbow joints.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Usually, during the questioning of the patient, we can learn that there was a cat scratching incident before.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">We confirm our diagnosis with some blood tests and imaging methods.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">If there are typical findings, we do not need to take a biopsy from the lymph nodes.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">However, if systemic complaints have not started to regress within 2-5 days, or if we suspect other diseases such as lymphoma or tuberculosis, we take a biopsy and make the necessary evaluations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">We always start antibiotic treatment for everyone with cat-scratch disease.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Although we know that the disease can regress without antibiotic treatment, antibiotics can shorten the duration and prevent the occurrence of systemic disease.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">The best treatment, as always, is prevention.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">In particular, it is necessary to stay away from cats with a risk of scratching, wash hands after playing with cats, pay attention to flea cleaning, and wash the area well with soap and plenty of water if a cat bites or scratches.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">I&#8217;m not saying don&#8217;t pet cats to protect yourself from diseases that can be transmitted from cats.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">We should not deprive ourselves and our children of this pleasure.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">But we have to act by following some rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Actually these are very simple:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Regular veterinary check-up<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Regular vaccination<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Regular flea and tick control and vaccination for external parasites<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Proper food feeding (not allowing them to eat raw meat, raw eggs, garbage, feces)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Regular trimming of cat nails<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Good washing of hands after cleaning cat litter<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Not keeping cat food and human food in the same place<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Yes, we have come to the end of another journey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Love lots of pets and stay happy.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Remember, they are actually less harmful than humans.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Prof.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Dr.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Egemen Ero\u011flu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 21px; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">November 2022<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We understand more and more the importance of keeping pets in society.\u00a0\u00a0It has now been proven that petting animal lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels, reduce feelings of loneliness, and increase activities such as exercise and 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