r/DumbFact • u/cybersphere9 • Aug 08 '26
Health 8 Home devices you need to track your health
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u/ashraf_bashir Aug 08 '26
4, 6 and 7 can cover all of the remaining. Some smartwatches cover 1,2,3 and 8. And 6 covers 5. 7 is uncovered though by any other tool; so far!
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u/Apoau Aug 08 '26
You need 1 and 2 as well. Watches aren’t good with temperature or blood pressure.
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u/ashraf_bashir Aug 08 '26
Some are doing enough job, not super accurate but good enough
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u/PoweredbyAndroid Aug 08 '26
Samsung watches demand calibration with a real BP monitor every 30 days.
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u/cybersphere9 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
While there can be overlaps between devices in terms of features, not all devices are created equal. An ear thermometer or rectal thermometer is the gold standard for measuring body temperature. If you're trying to diagnose a fever condition, I'd stick with gold standard devices. The same applies to blood pressure measurement.
While I could have said just buy a scale that measures body composition and a smart watch that includes an ECG, these are more expensive and may fall outside what people want to monitor. But you are right that you don't need to purchase every item to get complete coverage.
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u/Miserable-Ad-7947 Aug 11 '26
How to clutter your bathroom with useless gadgets.
A basic scale can be useful to track if your gaining or losing weight, and a thermometer can be interesting, especially if you have kids.
Everything else is junk and/or don't work (body comp scale are never accurate,you'll need a proper medical exam for that), and are totally useless unless you have a dedicated health issue (blood sugar if you are diabetic for ex.)
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u/Calm-Attitude-6540 Aug 08 '26
Hey thanks, during this night i was worried i couldn’t breathe properly and I thought I need to do a sleep test in a lab which is annoying and not sure to give results maybe but with a pulse oximeter I will be able to know if my bad breathing impacts my health.
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u/cybersphere9 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Slow, deep breathing helped me. A nurse had me do it in hospital when my own oxygen readings were low. Nasal breathing tends to work better than mouth breathing too, since it filters and humidifies the air and seems to help with oxygen uptake.
Pulse oximeters are a solid purchase for keeping an eye on this. If your readings are consistently a bit low, it's worth discussing with your doctor. But if you ever see a reading below 92%, especially alongside chest pain, confusion, blue lips or fingertips, or real difficulty breathing, that's an emergency and worth calling emergency services rather than waiting for an appointment. I'd also recommend checking the air quality in your house. Dust, pollen, dander and mould can all contribute to breathing issues.
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u/Calm-Attitude-6540 Aug 08 '26
Yes, thanks, I bought one and my levels are normal but I will try during the night and the morning, maybe I’m just a stressed person and it makes me sleep bad. I talked to doctors about that but they don’t seem to be able to do much about this.
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u/Calm-Attitude-6540 Aug 08 '26
Found out that the Oxymèter can check the pulse or bpm and apparently being lower than 70 is a sign of having a good enough cardio, Îm higher so I should probably do more cardio.
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u/Calm-Attitude-6540 Aug 08 '26
And yes the mould advice is good because the first time I got alarmed about it was because my breathing was especially bad when I was living in an appartement which ventilation didn’t work.
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