[Music] foreign [Music] syndrome is when an animal Falls typically from over two stories it is something we see very commonly in New York City since we have all of these high-rise buildings cats are more commonly affected since cats tend to spend more time near window cells and be a little bit more Curious although it is something we have seen in dogs before these animals absolutely need emergency care as quickly as possible sometimes these animals it's not recognized that they fall out of a win
dow or animals will be found by a neighbor because these animals come in with bleeding into their abdomen they can have difficulty breathing either due to pulmonary contusions which is bruising within their lungs or leakage of air outside their lungs they often have injury to their face and to their jaw these animals also can have Orthopedic injuries like fractures to their long bones they can have fracture to their urinary system and they can have head trauma as well if you're worried that your
animal suffered from high-rise syndrome you absolutely should bring them to the Schwartzman Animal Medical Center we are the only level one Trauma Center in the area and we see these cases very very often and we are very very used to and very very good at treating these cases if you have a cat especially a curious cat a young cat cats that are seeking mating behavior it's very very important that you do not open your window or if you do you have screens or some sort of bars or protection on you
r windows because this is very preventable you don't think about your cat getting curious and falling out the window but I think about it all the time so it's it's something that I think needs to be said [Music]
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