macmarcus

Dr. Birx is amazing and the bright star in all of this --- absolutely fantastic responses and reassurances - clear, concise and scientific with great "bedside" manner. Fauci is good too but tends to ramble and his message gets muddled which can trigger concern and panic among those that are listening. In my opinion of course.

netrox said:

Last Monday, I had Apple Watch alert me of my high heart rate again... I felt under the weather and had a few coughs. I went to ER and found I have pneumonia. Again!

Pneumonia can be a serious matter even in an otherwise healthy person. Take it seriously, follow the treatment plan and monitor for any breathing issues or worse changes. Having it "again"...how soon since the last time? Viral or bacterial or both? Pneumonia can result in lung damage for the long term too. Take it seriously and get well. Best wishes.

lowededwookie said:

tjwolf said:

The AW tells you that your heart rate is elevated, but it doesn't tell you *why*.  I recently went to the ER because my AW told me the same thing as this blogger.  It turned out I was just dehydrated.  I'm not advocating people not go to the ER when their AW tells them their heart rate is abnormally high.  But in my case, I wish I had thought of dehydration as a possible cause and measured again after having had a few glasses of water.   Would have saved me hours in the ER and quite a few dollars.

And yet you acted on the information that the watch gave you. That means the watch is doing it’s job. If you ignored it and the threat was real would you blame the watch because you didn’t act?

If you were dehydrated then great, the hospital would have hydrated you properly. If it was a real heart attack then great you got the treatment you needed. In either case you were treated correctly because you acted on the information given to you. Apple Watch did its job.

FYI - The Apple Watch in no way shape or form claims to be able to detect or warn of a heart attack. At most, it is looking a heart rate patterns and in the case of an ECG an obvious rhythm disturbance. I love my Apple Watch Series 5 but I know it ain't a heart attack detector by any means... good for fitness tracking though.

Oh lordy... 120 BPM is NOTHING....even if resting. Definitely not an ER event. At most an urgent care. If sustained above 140 while totally rested get it checked out. But ER for 120, not worth reading about in an otherwise healthy individual if no signs of feeling faint or shortness of breath. I had a sustained resting 194 BPM caused by allergic reaction for 15+ minutes. Later when went to cardiologist she laughed and said did you feel faint did you have shortness of breath. Nope and nope. Nothing to worry about. In fact ENCOURAGED intense exercise to get above 150 BPM. She said EMT's, ER docs, and primary care docs all think it is a big deal and it isn't absent fainting or trouble breathing. Even AFIB indications should go to primary care...not that urgent for an ER visit unless have other significant issues.

Love the Apple Watch but the Digital Crown is by far my least favorite part of it. Easy to bump it when hand bent so Siri comes on. Would prefer to just scroll on the screen and have a button in its place for a total of two buttons on that side.