50-year-old woman secreted special smell - dog sniffs breast tumor

British woman with strange smell: dog sniffs breast tumor of its owner
When Claire Guest went for a walk with her dogs about seven years ago, one began to behave strangely and sniff at his mistress again and again. The then 50-year-old woman then went to the doctor. He noticed a cyst in her chest.

Very pronounced sense of smell
It has long been known that dogs have a particularly pronounced sense of smell. Therefore, they are among others trained by the police to explosives or drug detection dogs. Also in the medical field, the four-legged are used. Among other things, they can warn against diabetes in diabetes. In addition, some of the animals are able to sniff cancer. This was also shown to a Briton who did not know she had breast cancer until her bitch began to behave strangely.

Dogs have a much stronger sense of smell than humans. You can also smell diseases. A Briton, whose dog drew her attention to her cancer, was also allowed to do so. (Image: Andrea Izzotti / fotolia.com)

Suddenly the dog behaved strangely
When the Briton Claire Guest walked with her three dogs about seven years ago, the bitch Daisy suddenly started behaving strangely. According to a report by the British "The Telegraph", she repeatedly nuzzled the chest of the then 50-year-old and sniffed intensely. She went the same day to the doctor who found a cyst in her chest.

A mammogram and a biopsy confirmed the suspicion: Claire Guest had breast cancer. According to the information, the tumor was exactly where her bitch had repeatedly bumped her muzzle.

Cancer was discovered very early
"The surgeon said I was incredibly lucky to have the diagnosis so early. He was as deep as breast cancer can be; So if I felt something, it would have been too late, "Guest told the newspaper. After an operation in which, among other things, the lymph nodes were removed, followed by a five-week radiotherapy. Now the Briton is cancer free. She thinks she owes her life to her dog.

"All I thought was what Daisy made a difference," says Guest. "I could have had aggressive chemotherapy. I might not have survived. "

Dogs smell diseases
The sense of smell of dogs is much more pronounced than that of humans. The animals have - depending on the breed - sometimes over 200 million olfactory cells, the human being only five million. Years ago, it was shown in scientific studies that the four-legged friends can smell diseases with their fine nose.

For example, Austrian researchers reported that dogs can smell lung cancer. And Japanese scientists found that they can sniff colorectal cancer.

Daisy has sniffed over 500 cancer cases
Claire Guest had been active with dogs prior to this incident and was involved in a signal dog training organization for deaf or hard-of-hearing people. Meanwhile, she specializes in the training of medical detection dogs. As part of the project "Medical Detection Dogs" she teaches the four-legged friends to recognize various diseases - with success. According to the information, her bitch Daisy has already discovered over 500 cancer cases. (Ad)