As with most other disorder, there are usually warming signals that alert a person that something needs to take place to prevent a dangerous event. With diabetes, there may come a time when your body no longer gives these signals in time to take action to prevent such an event.
That is the reason many people with diabetes are turning to diabetic alert dogs to help them determine early when their sugar levels are going low so they can treat themselves, with food for example, before the drop goes so low that they go into a diabetic coma.
Dogs have shown their ability to detect these drops in a wide array of settings. These dogs go with their human partners to school, work, doctors offices, anywhere they may go, and alert them to check their levels and treat accordingly. Needless to say these super sniffers are proving to be life savers for the people they serve.
