I have an Apple Watch, an iPhone, and a small Kardia pad which you place 4 fingers on (2 from each hand)
These machines will give you some idea of whether you have a problem or not but won’t pick up on everything.
For example: my iwatch says my heartbeat is 80. However, the Holter monitor that I just wore for a week showed that it was over 200 bpm!!! Not 80!
The kardia machine also does not diagnose much unless you pay for extras. It too does NOT pick up on SVT.
However…the OMRON blood pressure machine WILL show a double heart sign if it catches something when you take a reading. Most doctors use OMRON (where I live) and so when I showed my doctor that my BP was stage 2 hypertension, he believed it! He also knew that my heart was doing something when he saw the double heart icon.
I found a much more economical option to use while exercising or doing chores etc. Polar device and the Polar app is available on any smart phone including android.
sometimes I have a pain in my heart that feels like a needle pinch inside. I don’t have SOB, I don’t feel heavy inside, is just this needle inside and I’m scared to breathe because if feel the needle pinch.
Is this relates to a heart attack ?
Most of the time I don't feel anything so don't know when I go into Afib. but, when I wore a halter monitor my dr said I was in Afib for 3 hours one time. I never felt anything.
Hey, I have a really cheap health watch ($40 something), and it records my highest and lowest heart beats of the day. It will also measure my heart when I feel like it’s racing. Just saying that even the inexpensive watches can be very useful.
However, I do not have Afib. If I had Afib, I probably would invest in an overpriced Apple product.
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I have an Apple Watch, an iPhone, and a small Kardia pad which you place 4 fingers on (2 from each hand)
These machines will give you some idea of whether you have a problem or not but won’t pick up on everything.
For example: my iwatch says my heartbeat is 80. However, the Holter monitor that I just wore for a week showed that it was over 200 bpm!!! Not 80!
The kardia machine also does not diagnose much unless you pay for extras. It too does NOT pick up on SVT.
However…the OMRON blood pressure machine WILL show a double heart sign if it catches something when you take a reading. Most doctors use OMRON (where I live) and so when I showed my doctor that my BP was stage 2 hypertension, he believed it! He also knew that my heart was doing something when he saw the double heart icon.
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4 ReactionsI found a much more economical option to use while exercising or doing chores etc. Polar device and the Polar app is available on any smart phone including android.
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3 Reactionssometimes I have a pain in my heart that feels like a needle pinch inside. I don’t have SOB, I don’t feel heavy inside, is just this needle inside and I’m scared to breathe because if feel the needle pinch.
Is this relates to a heart attack ?
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1 ReactionWhen I wore halter, it recorded that I had episodes of tachycardia while I slept. I never felt a thing nor did it wake me.
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1 ReactionHey, I have a really cheap health watch ($40 something), and it records my highest and lowest heart beats of the day. It will also measure my heart when I feel like it’s racing. Just saying that even the inexpensive watches can be very useful.
However, I do not have Afib. If I had Afib, I probably would invest in an overpriced Apple product.
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