![]() ![]() Dust, perfumes, carpet powders, pollen and other common inhaled irritants can cause sneezing in dogs and cats.ġ. Dogs and cats both are susceptible to allergies that affect the nasal passages as well as to nasal inflammation for a variety of other immune system-related processes.Ĥ. Though allergic rhinitis is nowhere near as common in pets as humans, it does occur. Allergies (or other diseases of the immune system). Anything from cancers to polyps to foreign bodies to excess tissue in the upper airways (most commonly the result of brachycephalic syndrome seen in short-headed breeds) can cause irritation of the nasal passages and, therefore, sneezing.ģ. In cats, viral upper respiratory infections (such as feline herpesvirus) are the most common culprits.Ģ. In dogs, anything from kennel cough to distemper virus can cause sneezing. In fact, most any infectious disease that affects the upper respiratory system can cause an animal to sneeze. ![]() Both cats and dogs can suffer infectious diseases that manifest - at least in part - as sneezing. Here are the most common causes for each of these symptoms (there is some overlap, in many cases because they can appear indistinguishable from one another).ġ. Sneezing and snorting are caused by a variety of ailments. Though many of them are normal and benign responses to simple irritation, some can signal infections, upper airway obstructions and allergic disease, among other conditions of the upper respiratory tract. The difference is that a sneeze is involuntary, while a snort is a voluntary effort on the part of the snorter.ĭogs and cats sneeze and snort for all sorts of reasons related to the workings of the upper respiratory tract. Snorting, by contrast, looks like and is defined almost identically as a sneeze. It’s usually caused in response to some irritant of the upper airway, most often to the delicate mucous membranes that line the nasal passages. Sneezing is generally defined as a sudden, involuntary outflow of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth. Indeed, these two symptoms can sometimes look so similar so that many people use the terms interchangeably. Sneezing and snorting seem like obvious enough actions to define, yet it’s not always easy to tell the difference between the two in pets.
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