Working too hard can give you a Heart Attack Ack Ack Ack Ack Ack... My Heart Attack Story.

[pseudoid]

Be aware that data will not be at your own but shared via 'smart' gadgets.

@Salt,
That statement is like pouring more salt onto a wound.
Our data has been pilfered so much - and in so many ways - that such "shared data" has become just a minor update or an auto-sync function.

I try to refrain from being that connected.

 

[Salt]

@Salt,
That statement is like pouring more salt onto a wound.
Our data has been pilfered so much - and in so many ways - that such "shared data" has become just a minor update or an auto-sync function.

I try to refrain from being that connected.

Salting a wound (for short time) may help to desinfect (10% NaCl)
Back to the facts: any trace You leave in digital space might be argued against you, esp. if live insurance, health insurance or something like that will be to be discussed ....
To be aware wherever informations may be sucked and trying to avoid it is the task to be taken of the Informed ...

 

[Archguy]

ECG can tell about arrythmia, but gives no reliable clue to coronary disease.
Exercise ECG would be needed at least, better in combination with cardiac ultrasonography to detect myocardial movement disorders.
More specific would be myocardial scintigraphy and/or MRT and, for the large vessels, the catheter.

Thanks; I learn something new every day.

 

[Salt]

Thanks; I learn something new every day.

And that in an Audio Science Review

 

[antcollinet]

As a related topic. Talking with Brad as he navigated this major medical crisis he informed me that he was getting one of those health monitoring smart Watches. I was pretty bias towards this tech. Maybe derived from my fear of what bad news wearing one myself may bring? Fast forward to now and I wear one every day and I monitor and track the various heart health data sets it tracks. For reference my resting heart rate is around 45/46 BPM and my Sleeping is 41/42 average. When I exercise my heart rate can go up to 125 ish.

Last week (Oct 9th evening and 10th early morning) as Hurricane Milton came ashore and we were smack dab in the middle of its path. As the preverbal shit hit the fan and the winds were whistling at a very high and powerful pitch. That lasted from about 4pm through 4am the next morning. There were several data recordings that had my heart rate up to 148 BPM (I think this was when the Eye passed over us and I went outside to check and clear the street storm drains. It was pretty scary and dark and I had no idea when the storm would start again). I did not discover this data until a few days later as we lost power and the Watch had failed to sync to my IPad. My Watch never sent any abnormal heart rhythms detected. But I really had no clue that my heart was racing so fast. I felt fine other than slightly terrified about the winds and storm surge potential.

My point. If you are over 50 years old. I strongly recommend that you consider getting a health monitoring watch. It could save your life and give you real data to inform you about the health of your heart that you can really use in consultation with your doctor.

Add to that a blood pressure measurement device. Again to be used regularly (say 1/month)

They don't call hypertension the silent killer for nothing.

 

[pseudoid]

After my mate got that AFIB thingy last year, I got her one of those KardiaMobile6L thingamajobs and I found out this week that she still uses it daily.

OT:

Back to the facts:

Individual medical and...

In 2023, an average of 1.99 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported each day, and on average, 364,571 healthcare records were breached every day. [note: 2024 data is stale]
HIPAA link

We received a recent "Notice of Data Breach" letter from some company named "CHANGE HealthCare". But Hey! They were gracious [?] enough for the notification and especially for the offer to provide "FREE Identity Monitoring" service, as a result. Unfortunately, we are flush with those services...LOL

I dug a bit deeper and came across this article of the "14 Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches [Updated 2024]". No mention of our CHCdata breach, in the top 14. phew

Then, I hit pay-dirt: "Social Security numbers could have been compromised in what could be the biggest data breach ever".
No, that is not the 'paydirt' of my OT (but PSA) about these breaches.
You can easily see how many times your personal data appears in the darkweb. Try the article's link to see how many times (not if) you and your data have been breached, updated... and auto-sync'd!
Fasten your seat-belt, before the search here.

 

[Sal1950]

@Salt,
That statement is like pouring more salt onto a wound.
Our data has been pilfered so much - and in so many ways - that such "shared data" has become just a minor update or an auto-sync function.

I try to refrain from being that connected.

Amen, I'm with you.
I can't believe we fought for years to retain a certain amount of privacy.
Yet today everyone is putting these Gaagle boxes etc; in their homes with God knows who monitoring every word spoken.
No thank you.