Dogs can predict seizures

CAIRO (Reuters) – Researchers at the University of New York have shown that dogs can identify the unique smell of seizures, helping to design ways to stop seizures before they 'em. they do not happen..

Researchers have had varying results in training dogs in the detection of diabetes, malaria, certain cancers, and certain kidney diseases..

The study showed that dogs can detect colon cancer from respiratory specimens in 91% of cases, and there is some evidence that fangs can detect migraines even before they start, although scientists have progressed in the detection of migraines. Study if dogs can detect epileptic seizures.

This is probably due to the number of confounding factors, for example epilepsy can occur due to a head injury, genetic factors, tumors or stroke, and occurs often next to other conditions, such as anxiety disorders or depression..

However, if your dog detects the warning signs of a seizure before starting, this could be a real benefit to the 3 million adults with epilepsy in the United States..

A group of researchers from the French University of Rennes recently conducted a study to determine if dogs could use artificial evidence to detect seizures: they took sweat and sweat samples from five people suffering from pain. ;epilepsy. All participants had different forms which included complex partial seizures in the frontal lobe and complex partial seizures in the temporal lobe.

The sample included three people whose condition was due to a cerebral malformation and two epilepsies of genetic origin, three types of odor samples from each participant: a type at the time of Epilepsy, another during the participant's rest and a third during the exercise. Include a sample of exercise to make sure that any dog ​​reaction is not only due to a general increase in sweating.

Scientists have recruited five trained dogs to identify a range of diseases and disorders, have learned to approach and stay above the target odor. The dogs belonged to different strains and the sample was correctly determined in all trials, taking on average less than 8 seconds per experiment..