A Reddit user's experience with the Apple Watch Vitals app highlights its ability to detect early signs of illness, even before symptoms appear.

A Reddit user’s experience with the Apple Watch Vitals app highlights its ability to detect early signs of illness, even before symptoms appear.

  • Meltrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    2 months ago

    Dude I’m a millennial, why are you talking like a decrepit retiree? We aren’t that old. You shouldn’t be that sick unless you have some niche conditions that don’t really apply to most “aging millennials”.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Bullshit. I’m also on the older end of that demographic and it’s time to pay attention to your health

      • more people my age are starting to have serious health issues that are important to discover early
      • doctors are starting to pay attention to details and order more tests.

      Some of them are a bit late. For example I know several former concert goers my age with hearing issues catching up with them. Now I pay attention when my Apple Watch warns about dangerous noise levels. However hearing issues can be from a lifetime of accumulated damage, so paying attention starting a decade or two ago would have been even better

      Edit: when I lost weight a bunch of years back, my motivation was being better able to play with my kids but the most important tool was tracking: my vitals, my exercise, my intake.

      Currently I’m battling sleep issues, mostly self-inflicted but the tracking is an important tool toward fixing that

    • miskEnglish
      24·
      2 months ago

      I had 0 issues, probably like you, but when things start to pop up you really change perspective. I got quite a rude awakening recently and data from Apple Watch was very useful both to me and medical professionals. We’re pushing 40 so it’s a statistical inevitability. You might want to rawdog your health but I have family to think about.

      • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
        61·
        2 months ago

        Careful you don’t fall into an overdiagnosis cycle and start making health issues for yourself by constantly monitoring yourself and causing fear and panic over it.

        • miskEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Yeah, that’s a nasty trap I fell into for a bit. I had a spine injury and was in such severe pain for a couple of weeks I barely slept and got anxiety attacks. I’m now focused on healing my initial condition and not those I invented while being delirious lol. Genuine thanks for being on a lookout for this, I was really surprised my mind could do it to me.