#heartmonitor — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/ie/344593/ Ray J applied ‘fake blood’ to his eyes and heart monitor before alarming live show, photographer alleges #BloodDripping #Celebrities #Éire #Entertainment #FakeBlood #HeartIssues #HeartMonitor #IE #Ireland #RayJ

The Eye-Opening Science of Close Encounters With Polar Bears

It’s a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear – one of…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Arctic #Arcticmonitoring #AU #Australia #Climatechange #environmentaladaptation #foreverchemicals #globalwarming #GPStracking #heartmonitor #NorwegianPolarInstitute #PFAS #polarbeardiet #polarbears #polaricemelt #pollution #Science #sealhunting #Svalbard #wildliferesearch
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/16911/

TFW your #HeartMonitor has been enshittified to the point of being a security vulnerability.

#enshittification #InfoSec

https://youtu.be/L-pOcAYYTgs

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Tuesday and Wednesday weren't fun with my first atrial fibrillation experience. Zero stars, would not recommend. I WOULD recommend the Samsung Watch... it identified what was going on. After 5 hours in the ER, I'm feeling better. I'll be wearing this heart monitor for 14 days, and I have more doctor appointments ahead, but I'm okay. Thank you to the doctors and nurses at St. Vincent's / Intermountain Health!

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Gadgetbridge und die Smartwatch »Huawei Watch Fit 3« bieten eine datenschutzfreundliche Alternative zur Verwaltung deiner persönlichen Gesundheitsdaten. 👇

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/gadgetbridge-huawei-watch-fit-3-datenschutzfreundlich-nutzen-teil-3/

#gadgetbridge #huawei #amazfit #garmin #apple #applewatch #huaweihealth #smartwatch #fitness #sport #tracking #gps #sleeptracking #sleep #herzfrequenz #heartmonitor #SpO2

Gadgetbridge und die Smartwatch »Amazfit Balance« bieten eine datenschutzfreundliche Alternative zur Verwaltung deiner persönlichen Gesundheitsdaten. 👇

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/gadgetbridge-amazfit-balance-datenschutzfreundlich-nutzen-teil-2/

#gadgetbridge #huawei #amazfit #garmin #apple #applewatch #huaweihealth #smartwatch #fitness #sport #tracking #gps #sleeptracking #sleep #herzfrequenz #heartmonitor #SpO2

Gadgetbridge ist eine hervorragende Open-Source-Lösung zur unabhängigen Verwaltung von Smartwatches und Fitness-Trackern. Einstieg in die dreiteilige Mini-Serie. 👇

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/gadgetbridge-smartwatches-fitness-tracker-datenschutzfreundlich-nutzen-teil-1/

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I packed up and returned the #HeartMonitor today. That annoyance is out of my life for now, anyway. I had another symptomatic episode today after the monitor was gone. I used my Smartwatch and performed an ECG.

The algorithm classifies results as sinus rhythm, #AFib, or "inconclusive." Of course this one came back inconclusive. That's also what it said on the ones that put me on the monitor in the first place. So, I sent the report to the cardiologist.

#spoonie #CardiacHealth

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been wearing a heart monitor since 6-November, and will continue to do so until 6-December. I’ve not heard anything new from the cardiologist since that call telling me it had recorded an instance of atrial fibrillation.

What I haven’t written about yet, is the problems I had wearing that monitor for the first couple of weeks. I have very sensitive skin, and a severe allergy to latex. I get rashes severe enough to qualify as chemical burns upon prolonged (6+ hours) exposure. This came about as a result of wearing latex gloves for several months while tending Barbara’s wound, and her colostomy bag.

From about hour 12 of wearing the monitor using a single attachment point (called a strip), I began noticing it was irritating my skin. I thought I could deal with it, and tried to ignore it. I honestly don’t know for certain if there’s latex in that strip used to attach the monitor to the chest. All I know for certain is that I when I removed that first strip after seven days, my skin between my breasts was showing that type of irritation, though mild at that point. I still thought I could handle it, and attached a second strip for the next week.

Ultimately, on about day 4 of the second week (Thursday), I broke down and called patient support and asked for help. A very kind representative listened to me complain about the irritation, which by that point was constant and severe. I was also out of new strips, because I had damaged a couple of them trying to relieve the pain I was experiencing. So I was mainly calling to get new strips sent to me for the next change, due on the upcoming Monday evening.

At that point, my allergy to latex hadn’t occurred to me as possibly related, so I didn’t ask if there was any latex in the adhesive used in that attachment strip. I doubt that the representative would have had that level of product knowledge in any case.

She suggested I should consider an alternative method of attachment, which uses typical ECG pads and lead wires to the actual monitor. She placed an order for me for more strips, as well as the necessary supplies for the alternate method of use. They were to arrive on the next Monday morning. I really thought I would still use the “strip” attachment at that point.

By the time Monday morning rolled around though, there was no doubt in my mind that I would be changing to the alternate method with lead wires. By that time, the damage done to my skin was severe, and clearly getting worse. That was 20-November. The image below is what my skin looked like a couple of hours after removing that strip and changing to the alternate method.

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Thankfully, that alternate method has been much less harmful to my skin. In addition, I can move the attachment points slightly every three days when I replace the ECG pads, allowing healing of the prior point. Nine days later, it seems pretty clear to me that the area seen in the photo above will be permanently scarred. It’s no longer red like that, but the outline is still clearly visible. It’s more of a light brown color now, and is rough to the touch.

So, if you have sensitive skin like I do, and you ever have to wear a heart monitor for more than a couple of days, you might want to start out from the beginning using the leads rather than the, admittedly more convenient, strip attachment. Forewarned is forearmed, as the proverb goes.

https://janetannelogan.wordpress.com/2023/11/29/heart-monitor-update/

#CardiacHealth #heartMonitor #LatexAllergy #medicalTmi

Healing progress, such as it is. Three days since removing the strip (after two weeks) and changing to ECG style contacts with lead wires.

I had hoped for more quick healing, but ... 🤷‍♀️

#HeartMonitor #CardiacHealth #AFib

It may be sensitive to body position. It started working again almost immediately after I sat up straight to do something. Then I leaned back in my desk chair, and almost immediately got "poor skin contact" again. To test that theory, I sat up bolt straight again. Yes, it started monitoring again. No relaxing for me this weekend? 🤷‍♀️

#HeartMonitor #AFib #frustration

@afib

No sooner did I post this, then 2 minutes later, it went back to monitoring. 🤷‍♀️

This thing is really frustrating.

#HeartMonitor #AFib

@afib

It seems like I will be going off the heart monitor this morning, until the new supplies I have requested arrive on Monday.

The "poor skin contact" notification is now apparently continuous. The customer support for the monitor told me that if that continues for one hour, to go ahead and remove it. It's not doing any good at that point.

I'm fairly certain that it's already past that hour, but I'll watch it more closely for the next hour.

#HeartMonitor #AFib

@afib

Oh this is interesting. Among the risk factors for atrial flutter is "women". That and "older age" seem to be the only listed factors that I currently qualify for.

"Women". A risk factor for a heart issue. You'd think they could have come up with a better way to express that.

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/atrial-fibrillation/what-is-atrial-fibrillation-afib-or-af/atrial-flutter

#AtrialFlutter #AFib #HeartMonitor #CardiacHealth #feminism

I got a call a little while ago from the cardiologist. Two days ago, the monitor recorded an episode of AFib and atrial flutter in the evening. So, I guess it was worthwhile going through the discomfort from the skin irritation.

It's official. I have AFib. My stroke risk is currently considered low (1% / year). He's referring me to an electrophysiologist, so he's concerned. That's a type of specialist I'd never heard of before.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/24039-electrophysiologist

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#HeartMonitor #AFib

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