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Dogs Trained to Sniff Out Post-Traumatic Stress – by Smelling Patients’ Breath – With 90% Accuracy
Dogs’ sensitive noses already can detect the early warning signs of medical situations, such as an impending seizure. Now, researchers have evidence that assistance dogs might be able to sniff out an oncoming PTSD flashback, before it happens.
@Liliki that's fantastic! Curious, what do they do when they detect an issue?
@nursefrombirth immediately force me to lay down, roll me on my side and protect me.
They can also bring me back from fainting.
@nursefrombirth Can confirm:
That's exactly what my 2 service dogs do for me.
I have severe PTSD and related cardiac and seizure issues from it. My dogs know ahead of time, everytime.