Jun 20, 2023 15:00:00

Apple Watch warns of pulmonary thrombosis during sleep and saves the life of the wearer

Apple Watch has a function to measure heart rate, and after checking it regularly, it will notify you if it detects an irregular heart rate. So far, there have been reports of

saving the life of the wearer, such as saving the life of a woman who didn't realize she had a heart attack, or helping a teenage sports boy detect heart disease. , A new 29-year-old woman has been reported to have saved her life by Apple Watch.

Apple Watch saves local woman's life from deadly blood clot | WKRC
https://local12.com/newsletter-daily/apple-watch-saves-local-womans-life-from-deadly-blood-clot-kimmie-watkins-smartwatch-uc-college-medicine-study-becker-doctor- richard-heart-health-cincinnati-ohio

Apple Watch alerts 29-year-old Cincinnati woman to blood clot in lungs while sleeping - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/19/apple-watch-blood-clot-sleeping/

Kimmy Watkins, who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, was saved by Apple Watch this time. According to local media WKRC, Mr. Watkins felt strong dizziness in the morning of one day, so he decided to spend the day sleeping. Watkins had no history of heart disease, so he thought the ill health was simply hunger.

Mr. Watkins always measured the heart rate with Apple Watch, but while the resting heart rate of adults is said to be 60 to 80 times, it has risen to 178 beats per minute. . Apple Watch has a function that notifies you when your heart rate rises sharply, and Watkins said he woke up with a notification from Apple Watch.

'I was asleep for about an hour and a half and woke up with a notification that my heart rate was too high for a long time. My heart rate was high for more than 10 minutes,' Watkins said. After that, when I was examined at the hospital immediately, Mr. Watkins was diagnosed as suffering from 'saddle pulmonary thromboembolism'.

Saddle pulmonary thromboembolism is a disease in which blood vessels in the left and right lungs are blocked by saddle-shaped blood clots. According to Dr. Richard Becker, a cardiologist at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, the survival rate for saddle pulmonary embolism is 50%. In addition, Mr. Watkins was found to have a coagulopathy, which is prone to blood clots, and an anticoagulant was prescribed.

Watkins said, ``I was very lucky. .