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Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face?ππΆπ
It seems harmless enough. You get nose to nose with your dog and talk to it as it laps at your mouth and cheeks with its tongue, or you come home from work and bring your lips to your dogβs in a greeting to say hello.
It may feel like the ultimate display of affection, but when it comes to such kisses, experts caution: Beware of dogs.
Whatβs the harm?
Dr. Neilanjan Nandi, an assistant professor of medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, said in an email that most animalsβ mouths are host to βan enormous oral microbiome of bacteria, viruses and yeast.β
Dr. Nandi says a dogβs saliva has proteins that may help cleanse or heal its own wounds, but in a paragraph titled βWhy Not to Make Out With Your Pet,β he noted, βThere are some organisms unique to dogs that we were simply not meant to tolerate or combat.β
Some bacteria in dogsβ mouths are zoonotic, meaning the animals can pass them to humans and cause disease.
Some common zoonotic bacteria include clostridium, E. coli, salmonella and campylobacter, which can cause severe gastrointestinal disease in humans, said Dr. Leni K. Kaplan, a lecturer of community practice service at Cornell Universityβs College of Veterinary Medicine.
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