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Tem sido publicada pelos media alguma informação afirmando que os
cães são capazes de prever crises convulsivas em humanos e avisá-los com
algum tempo de antecedência, ainda que esta teoria não tenha sido
completamente provada cientificamente. No entanto, alguns estudos científicos
têm sugerido que alguns cães desenvolvem comportamentos especiais
relacionados com as convulsões epilépticas dos seus donos, trazendo-lhes
alguns benefícios para a sua saúde, que podem passar, por exemplo, pela
redução do número de crises. Com este trabalho pretendeu-se reunir toda a
informação científica possível sobre estes cães, tentando perceber a
veracidade de tal habilidade, mecanismo por eles utilizado para a presumível
detecção das convulsões epilépticas, a forma como comunicam aos seus
donos a eminência das crises e outras vantagens e também desvantagens
destes animais para os doentes epilépticos. O trabalho foi realizado através da
leitura e análise de documentos obtidos por pesquisa na biblioteca desta
faculdade e via Internet em vários sítios de associações de cães de assistência
e através de motores de busca, nomeadamente do “PubMed”.
Some information has been published by media, about dogs that can be able to detect and predict the onset of a seizure in humans and give them an overt signal to warn them. However, some scientific studies have suggested that some dogs may be able to develop special behaviours related to the seizures of their owners, bringing them healthy benefits like reducing seizure frequency. The purpose of this work is to gather data on this dogs, trying to understand if there is evidence for their ability to detect epileptic seizures, how they do it, how they communicate that to their owners, other benefits and also drawbacks. Data was collected from the college library and from the internet and review of literature was performed.
Some information has been published by media, about dogs that can be able to detect and predict the onset of a seizure in humans and give them an overt signal to warn them. However, some scientific studies have suggested that some dogs may be able to develop special behaviours related to the seizures of their owners, bringing them healthy benefits like reducing seizure frequency. The purpose of this work is to gather data on this dogs, trying to understand if there is evidence for their ability to detect epileptic seizures, how they do it, how they communicate that to their owners, other benefits and also drawbacks. Data was collected from the college library and from the internet and review of literature was performed.
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Epilepsia Epilepsia - Avaliação do doente Epilepsia - Tratamento Epilepsia - Aspectos sociais Epilepsia - Aspectos emocionais Epilepsia - Cães de alerta Convulsões - Cães de alerta
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Universidade da Beira Interior