Jakub Szcęsny is a young journalist from Poland who works at Antyweb, one of the leading technology outlets in the country. He is 30 years old and thanks to the use he gave to an Amazfit GTR3 Pro he realized that his oxygenation was not going well.
According to Szcęsny, during the day, his smartwatch showed him a normal oxygen saturation, but when he slept this percentage dropped to 81%, so he began to receive alerts indicating that something was wrong. After questioning whether it was a good idea to go to the doctor, she discovered that her asthma was getting worse, so she had to start treatment.
“Although these types of devices do not replace a visit to the doctor, they do help users to be more aware of their health, alert about little activity and help measure important elements for the physical performance of professionals,” said Raúl Falquez, Amazfit marketing area leader for Mexico and Latin America.
The company presented a couple of new products, Amazfit GTR 4 and GTS 4, in which it took the opportunity to talk about the benefits of having clear information about the daily activity that is carried out and about the incentive for prevention that these types of devices can have. .
Laquez recommends that users try to use their devices while they sleep to know metrics about their rest, breathing and to avoid possible diseases, in addition to using them in the physical activities they have on a daily basis.
“The battery and design of the equipment are designed to be used at any time and that it can have a good performance. From water sports, to meditation.”
While these devices can collect a lot of information about sleep habits, there’s one important thing they typically don’t do, says Alan Schwartz, MD, director of the Center for Sleep Disorders at Johns Hopkins Medical Center: “Most sleep-tracking devices of sleep make an estimate of how much you are sleeping, but not of the hours of total sleep.
To obtain accurate data on sleep habits, Schwartz points out that a medical study that monitors brain waves would have to be carried out to analyze the stages of sleep a person goes through at night. Such tests are helpful in diagnosing conditions such as sleep apnea and other sleep disorders.
However, he admits that these types of devices help identify possible diseases related to breathing.
not just to sleep
Currently it is possible to find wearables so sophisticated that they allow you to do electrocardiograms (ECD) from your home. For example, the Huawei Watch D is a small device that has the ability to measure blood pressure and do an ECD, thanks to a sensor that inflates and measures with almost medical precision.
“We have managed to ship more than 100 million devices and there are more than 320 million registered users of our health app, in addition to having more than 70 global health research partners,” said Mario Iván Martínez, consumer BG latinamerica All-ScCorrenario Product Center of the company.
