A Sydney woman’s ‘Dramatic’ health change goes undetected on Apple Watch

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We might have seen a doctor when my symptoms began to worsen in October and had it looked at at that time, rather than waiting until they became unbearable. Apple Watch

For months, a Sydney woman’s exceedingly uncommon thyroid ailment remained undiagnosed because she didn’t know about it.

First, 7News reported on the case of Sydney teenager Lauren Rebecca, who went to the video-sharing app TikTok to tell her experience. Over the course of two months, Rebecca experienced weariness, nausea, dizziness, weight increase, and dry skin, according to the study.

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After a series of tests, Rebecca was diagnosed with an uncommon disease known as thyroid hemiagenesis. A “dramatic” decline in Rebecca’s oxygen consumption and pulse rate, first seen by her Apple Watch in October, caught Rebecca by surprise. In a video, she stated the following:

In my case, I was identified with thyroid disease because I didn’t have these alerts enabled on my Apple Watch. Rather of waiting for my symptoms to deteriorate to the point that I could no longer function, I should have gone to the doctor back in October when I noticed a sudden dip in my blood pressure…

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Her symptoms began when she noticed anything wrong with her cardiovascular system, according to Rebecca’s chart. Rebekah points out that although Apple Watches like the Series 7 are not authorised medical devices, they may help consumers recognise changes in their health and previously unnoticed symptoms. Atrial fibrillation and other potentially catastrophic illnesses have been averted owing to the early diagnosis of these disorders.

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