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Jan 19, 2015 6:02 PM in response to meryl-elsbethby roaminggnome,Get a heart rate monitor that connects to an app that interacts with the health app.
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Jan 19, 2015 6:02 PM in response to meryl-elsbethby meryl-elsbeth,How do you get blood pressure reading in Health App in Iphone 5s
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Jan 19, 2015 6:03 PM in response to roaminggnomeby meryl-elsbeth,Is this the app where you put your finger on the camera lens please
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Jan 19, 2015 6:05 PM in response to meryl-elsbethby roaminggnome,Is what the app where you put your finger on the camera lens?
There are many apps that read blood pressure from a heart monitor. Jawbone makes a device and app, so does Nike, Polar and Fitbit.
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Jan 19, 2015 6:17 PM in response to roaminggnomeby meryl-elsbeth,Yesterday on Health App I took my blood pressure using the camera lens and this was recorded on dashboard. Can't do it today. It just says no data.
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Jan 19, 2015 6:20 PM in response to meryl-elsbethby roaminggnome,Check the manual and/or this support article:
Use Health on your iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 8 - Apple Support
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Jan 19, 2015 6:26 PM in response to meryl-elsbethby Lawrence Finch,You cannot get blood pressure by putting your finger on the camera lens. You can get pulse that way, and a rough measure of blood oxygen saturation. It's very rough, however, because its accuracy depends on the color of the ambient light. For a more accurate reading your need a pulse-oximeter that clips on your finger. There are several for the iPhone, and hundreds on the market that can be used standalone. If all you want is pulse then there are hundreds of pulse monitors that go around your arm, your chest, or just against your wrist. The chest monitors are the most accurate as they measure actual electrical impulses near the heart. The others can be spoofed by random currents or sounds, but are probably good enough for exercise monitoring. The only way to measure blood pressure non-invasively is the traditional cuff.
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Jan 19, 2015 6:36 PM in response to Lawrence Finchby meryl-elsbeth,terminology states (in Withings) Blood pressure 120 sys for systolic and 80 dia for diastolic, is the part of the warning by the medics that these apps are not to be taken seriously do you think?
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Jan 19, 2015 6:42 PM in response to meryl-elsbethby Lawrence Finch,That's a suspicious reading, because it is the ideal reading, and no one ever gets that exactly. It's very difficult to measure blood pressure using any method. A cuff (either manual or automatic) is the most accurate external measure, and even then it is +-20%. Any other method is just a shot in the dark.