Apple Watch: Technology From The Future For Health Monitoring

Today, in the era of advanced technology, no one is surprised by the news about how smartwatches save a person’s life, help in training, or monitor vital signs.

Of course, they will not replace a doctor. Still, they can summon help if necessary or notify you if your health parameters are not typical.

Health features

Indeed, the Apple Watch smartwatch can be a great assistant in tracking health parameters, with the help of specially designed applications to help you lose weight or workout.

Thus, smart gadgets allow:

• measure the heart rate;
• Recognize the fall of its owner and call for help in time;
• control the stress level of its owner;
• to recognize dangerous levels of background noise;
• monitor the menstrual cycle in women;
• monitor the heart rhythm;
• measure blood oxygen levels;
• monitor sleep quality.

Agree that having such an assistant on your wrist will allow you to monitor yourself more closely.

The accuracy of the heart rate monitoring function is 97%, which is pretty good for a gadget that is not initially associated with health monitoring.

Also, the watch can record your heart rate while you’re awake, during activity, while you’re sleeping, and show you the numbers over time. This data is very important in diagnosing heart disease.

Apple Watch can also record unusually high or low heart rates and notify you when you need medical attention.

Still, Apple Watch will be able to spot atrial fibrillation and notify you that a more thorough examination is warranted.

The amazing Fall Detection feature has already saved thousands of lives. If the watch detects a fall, it immediately sends a notification. If the person does not respond, the device immediately sends a message to selected contacts and the rescue service.

This feature is especially relevant for people aged 65+ and those with cardiovascular diseases.

Women can track their menstrual cycle, monitor ovulation, track fertility periods, etc.

Measuring blood oxygen levels is helpful, both for “heart patients” and people with chronic respiratory disease. During the coronavirus pandemic, ill patients need to monitor their saturation levels.

Fitness Assistant

Smart watches offer a variety of options for monitoring activity and exercising. It can count steps walked during the day, monitor calorie burn, track progress during athletic training, show the necessary exercises, and count the number of calories eaten.

In a word, Apple Watch is much more than just a watch. Its capabilities in the field of health indicators monitoring are impressive and help many users to monitor themselves.