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15th May 2020, 18:45 | #1 |
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Personal ECG?
Aside from Apple Watch, does anyone have a personal ECG monitor? I could get a Apple Watch if its data is at all presentable to a doctor.
I’ve get a racing heart (180+BPM) or palpitations as they say in hospital. The last time I went in after my heart failed to settle down after several hours I visited the gp who took blood tests which resulted in a summons to ED due to heart enzymes found in my blood. After much mucking around I get told nothing can be done as the episode wasn’t caught on ECG. Ohhhh I hate hospitals. I’m not old enough or of the correct criteria for a holster/monitor at home (maybe I should start smoking?). Plus you only get one for a limited length of time which may not even capture the problem. Yesterday I had a repeat of the above but this time walked straight to ED, told them I needed bloods+ECG ASAP but after a minimal 1 hour wait my heart had almost settled down to 105bpm. Blood tests showed again heart enzymes at increasing levels. I got the fuck out of there knowing it was just ground hog day again. Oh, and that fucking nurse that suggested my heart rate was up because I walked to the hospital and that the previous machines were probably inaccurate ... I have health insurance if that helps. Maybe I need to find somewhere in town I can walk in without appointment and get an ECG on the spot.
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19th May 2020, 10:55 | #2 |
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Yikes, heart stuff ain't funny. Aren't those sorts of sensors relatively inexpensive? Non-AW I mean.
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Currently borrowing one of these which I plan to buy
https://www.alivecor.com/kardiamobile6l I've been told second hand it's been recommended by a heart doc in town so should be OK. It extremely sensitive to any body movement so one has to keep quite still during the reading. It will be interesting to see how it works during another episode as my heart is literally shaking my torso when it's going off. Quote:
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20th May 2020, 07:53 | #5 |
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Kardia looks interesting - all I have is an AliExpress BPM and an Apple Watch, so I might look at one. Although this rang alarm bells:
The 6-lead one touts in the US (which makes sense): CONNECTIVITY Whereas the local agent says: Proprietary technology that converts electrical impulses from fingertips into ultrasound signals transmitted to your mobile’s microphone.Maybe they just dumbed it down to boomerspeak? Or maybe the single sensor model is via audio? Anyway, NZ Agent pricing looks stupid - dearer for the single than the US pricing for the 6-lead model. |