Current thinking on smart watches August 25, 2016 |
There are an unfortunately high
percentage of people with autism spectrum |
disabilities who also inherited tendencies for seizures,
irregular heart |
rhythm (either tachycardia or
bradycardia - so far, no one with both heart |
problems) and the poorly defined
and not well understood condition |
described as overheating. |
Recent findings communicated to us
in manuscript indicate that for SOME |
sufferers - perhaps many - there
are warning signs. In particular, if heart |
rate begins to change, body temperature starts to rise, or
blood pressure |
increases, a seizure or other incident may be imminent.
Whether sitting or |
lying down, putting on a cool wrap,
or sipping some water will help remains |
to be seen. It is likely that both
warning signs and treatments will vary with |
the individual. Even though there
are dozens of genes potentially involved |
we are hoping to eventually
discover simplifying groups. |
For those purposes we currently
prefer a smart watch that embeds sensors |
for
body temperature, blood pressure and heart rate. Given the
high rate of |
diabetes, we believe an additional
sensor for blood glucose would be very |
useful. We currently have no (zero)
need for an on-wrist display. We |
would be strongly inclined toward a
device that can communicate directly |
with a server or hub as opposed to
a smart phone. |
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