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.