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Electromagnetic interferences with pacemaker
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Yes, I have a Boston Scientific pacemaker on my right side as I am lefthanded. I held open a large sliding entry door at a hotel so my great grandchildren (pulling their suitcases) could go in without it closing on them. As I turned to go in myself, I felt like someone turned me off. I crumbled to the floor. I had no control over my body to brace myself. Once I fell clear of the door, my daughter helped me up and I felt perfectly normal.
My doctor thought that I must have had a small stroke. He wouldn't believe that the door 's EMI did that to me. I had a Cat Scan today and there is no evidence of a stroke. When I fell I felt like I did a few times before the pacemaker when I lost control of my body and fell on the lawn or on the living room rug. I am positive the sliding glass door's EMI knocked me out for a few minutes. Thankfully, I only ended up bruised all the way up my left side but no broken bones.
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Hi I had a Boston Scientific also with ICD for 10 years prior to transplant. During that time I was concerned of the same think as I worked in the power plants of places like Hoover Dam and others. Plus I was in Substations with over 500,000-volt transformers. So when I first got my Pacemaker my EP Doctor said that to give yourself a try near them and when you come and see me I can read the device to see if it was affected. I did as he suggested and never saw any issue with the device. I worked around that type equipment daily for almost 10 years so I'm pretty sure its not the EMI. I also had a gauss meter when I did those tests and it never got close to the level that Boston Scientific said would damage the device. I don't remember the levels but I do know that in emergency rooms have a very strong magnetic that can be used to shut down the Pacemaker, but I was told even then the device is designed to reset after its removed. I had mine between 2008 and 2018 an im guessing that technology has improved since then. Hope that helps, Has the Doctor looking further into that incident?