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I sleep with my Fitbit Charge 2 on my wrist, and I found that the Resting Heart Rate value is extremely sensitive to what happens with my body. Drank a little a

by kozak 10y ago

I sleep with my Fitbit Charge 2 on my wrist, and I found that the Resting Heart Rate value is extremely sensitive to what happens with my body. Drank a little alcohol? See a change on my Resting Heart Rate value for that night. Got too much stress, or maybe spent a day at home without exercise? Yes, I see it on the graph. So my question is whether such an event as the one that is described would be clearly visible to the fitness tracker, maybe even clear enough to alert the wearer.

brandon272 10y ago
One reason I reduced my alcohol intake substantially is the effect that alcohol had on my resting heart rate. It would go up around 90bpm (or higher if I was dealing with a particularly bad hangover the next day). When I abstain it stays around 60.
- graeme 10y ago
  Interesting. Did heart rate monitoring change any other behaviours?
  - brandon272 10y ago
    Not that I can think of. Same schedule, diet, activity, sleep patterns, etc.
komali2 10y ago
I'm currently wearing a Zio Patch, which generally is used to track and monitor arrhythmia over a 2 week period. The last time I got the results back there was a section for something along the lines of "cardiac arrest" or something (which had a nice 0 next to it for me). Whether the patch itself has the computational power to both sense and interpret a cardiac event like that, or whether they can only do that after in the lab, I don't know, but I bet it could be modified to start squealing if it detects a heart attack. It's basically a 2 week EKG. The only problem is my insurance pays 1000$ every time I wear it.
brlewis 10y ago
Much as I like to think about the potential usefulness of fitness trackers (I work for Fitbit, but speak only for myself), a much more useful approach is to pay attention to your body. If something's not normal a lot of insurance plans have nurse lines you can call to tell about your symptoms and find out if you should be seen. The story includes a lot of things that sound like heart attack symptoms. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-attack/in-depth/heart-attack-symptoms/art-20047744 http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-attack/i...

by kozak 10y ago

brandon272 10y ago

One reason I reduced my alcohol intake substantially is the effect that alcohol had on my resting heart rate. It would go up around 90bpm (or higher if I was dealing with a particularly bad hangover the next day). When I abstain it stays around 60.

graeme 10y ago
Interesting. Did heart rate monitoring change any other behaviours?
- brandon272 10y ago
  Not that I can think of. Same schedule, diet, activity, sleep patterns, etc.

komali2 10y ago

I'm currently wearing a Zio Patch, which generally is used to track and monitor arrhythmia over a 2 week period. The last time I got the results back there was a section for something along the lines of "cardiac arrest" or something (which had a nice 0 next to it for me). Whether the patch itself has the computational power to both sense and interpret a cardiac event like that, or whether they can only do that after in the lab, I don't know, but I bet it could be modified to start squealing if it detects a heart attack. It's basically a 2 week EKG. The only problem is my insurance pays 1000$ every time I wear it.

brlewis 10y ago

Much as I like to think about the potential usefulness of fitness trackers (I work for Fitbit, but speak only for myself), a much more useful approach is to pay attention to your body. If something's not normal a lot of insurance plans have nurse lines you can call to tell about your symptoms and find out if you should be seen. The story includes a lot of things that sound like heart attack symptoms. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-attack/in-depth/heart-attack-symptoms/art-20047744 http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-attack/i...