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- From: 34AEJ7D%CMUVM.BITNET@VM1.nodak.edu (Bill Gorman)
- Newsgroups: misc.handicap
- Subject: Companion Dogs and epileptic seizures
- Message-ID: <23221@handicap.news>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 20:35:25 GMT
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- Reply-To: 34AEJ7D%CMUVM.BITNET@VM1.nodak.edu (Bill Gorman)
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- Here's a note about this from my CANINE-L discussion list. I thought
- someone here might find it of interest.
-
- Sez me,
-
- W. K. (Bill) Gorman
- ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
- >On dogs pridicting epileptic seizures: I have heard of them being
- >used. Studies have proven that during a certain time period before a
- >seizure, people who have epilepsy perform particulat behaviors that
- >they might not be able to recognize. The dogs can sense these
- >behaviors and are taught to warn the victim before the seizure at
- >which point the victim would take precautions to prevent the seizure
- >eg. take medicine, sit and relax, or whatever the doctor recommended.
-