Celiac disease is a type of autoimmune disease where the body overreacts to the presence of gluten in the body, which eventually results in damaging the villi, which are the small finger-like projections that are actually found in the small intestine.
When the villi are damaged, the body’s ability to absorb nutrients from food is affected. People who are oversensitive to gluten need to carefully watch their diet to avoid consuming gluten. However, most foods that we consume today contain gluten, which can be challenging for people with celiac disease.
A woman named Kendra has celiac disease and needs to carefully watch her diet. It’s challenging to do but thanks to her dog, Suki, she’s able to manage her life and diet better and avoid food and items that contain gluten. Kendra can live a more normal life thanks to Suki.
Suki is a service dog specifically trained to sniff items for gluten. Kendra trained Suki on how to tell her if she smells gluten. Whenever Suki detect gluten on anything that Kendra tells her to sniff, she would lift her paw. If Suki doesn’t detect any gluten, she would boop her nose on Kendra’s leg.
Suki’s ability to detect gluten in everyday things helps Kendra live normally. From Kendra’s medications to the food she eats, and even paper plates she buys at the grocery store, Kendra can avoid things with gluten with Suki’s help.
Celiac disease can adversely affect a person’s life. The only way to live normally and avoid the effects of the disease is to completely live a gluten-free lifestyle. Since most things we use and eat today contain gluten, it’s hard for a person with celiac disease to avoid consuming it.
Suki may not know it but she saves her owner’s life every single day. It’s amazing how dogs can help people like Kendra live a normal lifestyle. Here’s a remarkable video featuring Suki and how she helps Kendra avoid gluten.
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