Pets and the emotional development or health of children and adolescents

[ Pets and the emotional development or health of children and adolescents]
DOI: 10.37980/im.journal.rspp.20181624
Published
2020-11-09

Authors

  • Elizabeth Castaño Hospital del Niño Dr. José Renán Esquivel, Panamá, Panamá

Keywords:

editorial, mascotas, desarrollo infantil

Keywords:

editorial, pets, children development

Abstract

La infuencia de las mascotas al interactuar con el ser humano ya se describe en la antigua Grecia, a las personas con enfermedades incurables para levantar su amor propio, se daban paseos a caballo y en China existe una pintura titulada Primavera que data de 1.250 a. C. en la que se ilustra el uso del perro como guía para personas con discapacidad visual. Sin embargo no fue hasta mediados del siglo XVIII que los animales empiezan a verse como un “agente socializador” cuando John Locke (1699) lósofo y médico inglés, sugirió que habría que dar a los niños “un perro, una ardilla, pájaros, u otros” animales para “promover el desarrollo de sentimientos y de la responsabilidad”


Abstract

Female newborn, product of a 36-year-old mother, G5P4C0A0, diagnosed with a 30.5-week pregnancy, severe preeclampsia, anhydramnios, and intrauterine growth retardation. With five prenatal controls, HIV negative, non-reactor VDRL, typing, Rh O +, who was born via caesarean section showing absence of amniotic fluid, apgar 9/9, weight: 1040g, height: 33 cm, head circumference: 32 cm, undetermined sex, low-set ears, bilateral pulmonary hypoventilation, undifferentiated genitalia, presence of a single fused lower extremity with presence of 4 fingers. He was admitted to Neonatology with moderate respiratory distress. Brain ultrasound: cerebellum with slight decrease in volume, no hydrocephalus, no intraventricular hemorrhage. Abdominal ultrasound does not l The influence of pets when interacting with humans is already described in ancient Greece, people with incurable diseases to raise their self-esteem, they took horseback riding and in China there is a painting titled Spring that dates back to 1,250 a. C. in which the use of the dog as a guide for the visually impaired is illustrated. However, it was not until the mid-18th century that animals began to be seen as a "socializing agent" when John Locke (1699), the English philosopher and physician, suggested that children should be given "a dog, a squirrel, birds, or other "animals to" promote the development of feelings and responsibility "ogra define pancreas, kidneys or bladder.