A month or so ago I suffered an Orthostatic Hypotension incident in front of our home while talking to a neighbor. I sensed it coming on and gently fainted onto the payment with his kind help. I recovered quickly and with input from my dialysis nurse Cindy, we altered my dialysis solution mix and it has not occurred since. This is the “why” I’m interested in this malady.
On June 13, 2023, CNBC ran an article announcing a startup, Stat Health was coming out with a wearable device that is placed in the ear per the above picture that gives a warning to the user well in advance of an event such as orthostatic fainting. The CNBC blurb states;
‘When users stand up, the earpiece automatically tracks changes in their heart rate, blood pressure trend and blood flow, which are useful insights for patients who commonly experience dizziness and fainting spells as a result of illnesses like long Covid and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), among others.
Users can track their metrics in an app on their cellphone and glean insights into how their lifestyle choices affect their symptoms. The STAT earpiece has also proven to predict fainting minutes before it happens, according to peer-reviewed findings published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology this year.”
I followed the bouncing ball and arrived at Stat Health’s website and signed up to be eligible for the device. They charged $1.00 to signup which puts me in the queue to receive the device and pay $50 a month to use the device and their software. More to follow as more is known.
Here are the reference links for this article: CNBC’s initial reporting link, link to Stat Health, and press release. No artificial intelligence was used in writing this blog post.
Wow! Hope your brother-in-law read this one………that could have saved him from passing out on the pavement also.