can someone please help

Hi I  have been suffering from health anxiety for years at the moment I have got the most scary idea in my head and I know it sounds stupid and I can’t tell anyone in real life. I am convinced I have got cancer I have been reading and hearing about dogs that can detect cancer by sniffing you . I have a friend whose dog I see regularly and it keeps sniffing my stomach it does this every time and I have convinced myself that I could have cancer I don’t have any symptoms so can’t contact the dr like I would normally I have read stories about dogs picking up their owners cancer and I can’t think of anything else except this I’m terrified can anyone calm me down I don’t know what to do to stop these thoughts thanks.

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  • Hi pumpkinzz

    Dogs can sniff out all sorts of things ... migraines, low blood sugar, stress and anxiety, to name just a few. It doesn't imply cancer. But do go and speak to a doctor about how this has made you feel and for help dealing with the health anxiety. 

  • My view is the same as everybody else's. There is some suggestion that dogs can sniff out cancer, especially if trained to do so. I have no idea how robust the studies on this are, but even if it is true, it definitely does not mean that a dog sniffing you indicates you have cancer. The most likely reasons her dog is sniffing you is either because you are a new person in the house or as somebody else said, you dropped some food or even just touched your stomach after eating and they can smell the food.

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  • My view is the same as everybody else's. There is some suggestion that dogs can sniff out cancer, especially if trained to do so. I have no idea how robust the studies on this are, but even if it is true, it definitely does not mean that a dog sniffing you indicates you have cancer. The most likely reasons her dog is sniffing you is either because you are a new person in the house or as somebody else said, you dropped some food or even just touched your stomach after eating and they can smell the food.

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