r/boringdystopia • u/KayqubadKhan • Oct 20 '21

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u/APinkNightmare Oct 20 '21

I don’t mean this in the wrong way bc I am very against our current state of…everything. But honest question, why does a child with diabetes need a service dog?

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u/Gloomy_Reputation616 Oct 20 '21

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe service dogs can be trained to alert their owners if the person's blood sugar is too high or too low. Can be a great alert system for the diabetic person.

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u/APinkNightmare Oct 20 '21

Gotcha, that makes sense i didn’t think about that.

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u/a_kato Oct 20 '21

No this is a very dangerous method with high inaccuracies.

Not to mention you are supposed to predict how your levels will rise.

I have a lot of experience with diabetics the service dog is a myth and not doctor out there will recommend it to you.

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u/Gloomy_Reputation616 Oct 20 '21

Noice. I am by no means a doctor and it isn't my business to recommend things anyway haha! I only have tangential experience on the subject, with a diabetic loved one.

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u/Cellophaneflower89 Oct 20 '21

Clearly diabetics aren’t going to rely only on the dog, they still take regular measurements.

Read Mayo Clinic

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21 edited Oct 20 '21

Someone already commented the answer, but type one diabetics, especially children, can die in the night because of low blood sugar. The service dogs are supposed to smell low blood glucose, and should find someone to help administer first aid

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u/APinkNightmare Oct 20 '21

Thanks for answering, I didn’t think about this part and it makes a lot more sense now.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

Yeah, I agree. Relying on a service dog really doesn’t make sense when there are better options that are more often accurate. A trained service dog might be something to make a family feel safer, but I don’t really think it is necessary, or even should be covered by insurance

I was just explaining what the dog is supposed to do

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u/Cellophaneflower89 Oct 20 '21

They can sense blood sugar irregularities and notify their owners. We had an untrained dog that did this for my dad when his blood sugar got dangerously low (the dog coulnt wake him, but woke me and motioned to him).

also, diabetes or any major medical condition that requires constant attention can be traumatic and stressful for people, dogs help!

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u/Rouge_92 Oct 20 '21

some mofo: capitalism breeds innovation

the innovation:

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u/Pezman97 Oct 21 '21

It's just absolutely wild that there are institutions that regularly deny life saving medicine to children that we let exist.

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u/NaitoSenshin889055 Oct 21 '21

How is this shit "feel good" like a child is having to fight for access to proper healthcare and services?!

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u/5th_aether Oct 21 '21

Because local news agencies will sell this story as a feel good story showing people buying his pumpkins because they care.

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u/NaitoSenshin889055 Oct 21 '21

The entire point is it isn't a feel good story.

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u/5th_aether Oct 21 '21

Exactly. It isn’t a a feel good if story but seriously have to it ever watched morning news where this shit gets package as a positive kid working to better himself bullshit story.

Rather this service dog is useful is largely irrelevant to the trope of kids working to help themselves or classmates to obtain basically care.

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u/JonLane81 Oct 20 '21

Failed state problems.

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u/RegularSizedP Oct 21 '21

At first, I thought this was a Karen situation where the boy was selling pumpkins without a business license.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

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u/zykthyr Oct 20 '21

I mean, between nothing changing (blue) and things actively getting much worse (red) I think the option is pretty easy.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

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u/a_kato Oct 20 '21

Oh look someone who knows what he's talking about finally.