title: Severe asthma due to household pets: a form of child abuse or neglect.
abstract: Children may suffer severe asthma as a result of exposure to household pets. Failure of parents or other caretakers to remove pets from the home environment may be considered child abuse or neglect. Physicians caring for such children may be required to report those cases to the state government.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000276:immunology*; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D002415:Cats / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D004285:Dogs / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged