I watch causing Wrist and arm numbing and pain?

not sure what you decided to do. I gave up my Fitbit bc it was causing me pain also, which i put down to bluetooth. It wasn't tight, I can have a hair elastic around my wrist all day and not get the same type of pain. I'm glad to see that there are ppl talking about this, and sad to see the Applefan naysayers. I'm an Applefan, but not quite so interested in getting cancer or any other weird ailment for the love of this tech.

rewind to 1951, when smoking definitely did NOT cause cancer.... good grief, just because nothing links it NOW you are saying this? Always take caution and listen to your body. I have a twitching left hand for 2 days, after 3 weeks of wearing the watch. Last year I had to give up Fitbit because I could feel a dull ache in my wrist. What do YOU think causes cancer? just the sun and cigarettes? nothing else?? bad luck?? science isn't being all that helpful. Perhaps I'm one of those lucky witches who can feel these things, without science telling me what to feel.... whatevs. I love my Apple Watch, but for now it's being scaled back to 2 days/wk.

Don't be ridiculous. In 1951 studies showed that smoking caused cancer. And before, going back to the 1930's. I was there in the 50's and I remember. Perhaps you don't remember that during WW II cigarettes were called "coffin nails." And there have been studies about non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation over many years that show that there are no ill effects from the levels we routinely encounter. Perhaps the most telling study compares brain cancer incidence to cell phone use. Cell phones first came into widespread use around 1990, 26 years ago. If there is any connection between cell phones and brain cancer there would be a significant increase in the incidence of brain cancer in those 26 years. But there hasn't been; instead, the incidence of brain cancer has decreased slightly in those 25 years. Maybe cell phones prevent brain cancer, based on these statistics? More likely, some other carcinogen (perhaps lead in gasoline?) has been reduced in the environment.

If you are truly concerned about non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation causing cancer or other diseases throw away your cell phone; it generates 200 times as much radiation as the Bluetooth in your watch, and in the same frequency bands. Shut down your Wi-Fi network, and never visit Starbucks; Wi-Fi generates 10 times as much as the Bluetooth in your watch. In fact, you should move to a farm in the country, as that is the only chance you have of escaping non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation.

You might also consider avoiding the radiation that is known to cause cancer, and stay out of the sun. All the time. Don't go to the beach. Don't go skiing. And don't think you can escape the risks with sunscreen; it doesn't prevent cancer, it just reduces the occurrence of sunburn.

Also, avoid flyihg in an airplane. The comic rays at the the higher altitude where there is less air to attenuate the rays

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/11/14/245183244/cosmic-rays-sound- scary-but-radiation-risk-on-a-flight-is-small

I had terrible pain after wearing my Apple watch with the magnetic bands. I switched to a normal leather band and the pain is gone. So something is wrong with the Milenese and Leather Magnetic bands that is causing so much pain for so many people. Apple needs to solve the problem and issue refunds. It is not imaginery. This pain is a fact and only occurs with the above watch bands

ShyK8209 wrote:

I had terrible pain after wearing my Apple watch with the magnetic bands. I switched to a normal leather band and the pain is gone. So something is wrong with the Milenese and Leather Magnetic bands that is causing so much pain for so many people. Apple needs to solve the problem and issue refunds. It is not imaginery. This pain is a fact and only occurs with the above watch bands

No one is saying the pain is imaginary. What people are saying is that a lot of speculation about the cause of the pain is scientifically impossible. Magnets do not cause pain (unless they are very large and you drop them on a body part). In all likelihood, you tightened the magnetic bands more than the band with a traditional buckle. I know I tend to do that.

And, no, the problem is not happening to very many people. Again, that doesn't mean the pain isn't real.

I've had an apple watch for a few months now and have been using a cheap, 3rd party stainless link strap with no problems.

For Christmas I treated myself to a proper Apple Milanese loop strap but I've had to send it back because I was getting the problems described here, a numbness and tingling in the finger tips of my watch hand.

I've had trapped nerves and nerve problems in my other arm so I'm familiar with the sensation.

With the Milanese strap I noticed this most whilst going to work on the bus with my hands resting on my lap (so my wrist is essentially on my thigh) and also at work typing. These are normal things and I've not had the problem before with any watch.

I noticed that with my wrist size the magnet clasp was closed on the strap almost right in the middle of my wrist where the median nerve runs. Because the strap is quite flexible and the magnet narrow I think what maybe happens is that when your wrist is resting on something the clasp can apply pressure to the nerve if it happens to close in just the right position (obviously with a bigger or smaller wrist it may be more to one side or the other).

It's a shame because the strap itself was very nice!

Here is a link explaining nickel allergy from the Mayo Clinic website:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/nickel-allergy/symptoms-causes/dxc -20267456

There are no external symptoms, only internal symptoms of pain. This is not a nickel allergy.

You didn't mention any external symptoms in your post.

If it is not nickel there is really nothing else on the back of the watch know to cause an allergic reaction. But since it is happening to all 3 of you it should make it a bit easier or an allergist to test.

fallonstacy wrote:

Clearly I am not going to waste my time and more money by seeing a MD, since according to this thread, has already been undiagnosed by others who have seeked their opinion.

So, if I have a headache and my doctor can't figure out why, that means that no one else should go to the doctor if they have a headache? That makes absolutely no sense.

Odd...."STAY AWAY FROM SMARTPHONES AND WEARABLES"....because Apple made something that doesn't adjust well with everyone in the world....that seems funny, I've been using the iPhone since they first came out, and have also worn the garmin watch without any issues....BUT SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM ALL MODERN TECHNOLOGY....definitely going to take your advise....you seem to be a genius...lol.

I don't own an AppleWatch, but I am a student of medicine and a researcher in the biological sciences, and I can tell you that, especially if you aren't used to wearing a watch, there can be a temporary impedance in blood flow that happens until your body adapts. Over the course of the day, our bodies expand and contract according to our level of stress, hydration, core body temperature, pulse, and blood pressure change. This is completely natural. Give it some time, and try loosening the watch if it feels tighter toward the middle of the day.

That said, there is the possibility that your symptoms have nothing to do with the watch. Try going without the watch for a couple of days. If the symptoms persist, contact your doctor.

In some rare circumstances, someone's nervous system may have trouble interpreting the vibrations coming from the watch. It may take some time to adapt.

I hope this helps!

i am not wearing it too tight. i did not wear it for a few days when i was sick and i did not have the elbow and arm pain. i will try goong back to my nylon band (although my rose gold link band is much prettier) thanks for the response

I had this problem too! I tried many different things, with no results. I eventually had to return it. It broke my heart! I even got a new smart watch (Garmin vivoactive HR,) and I had the same problem. I did some research, and a lot of people had this issue with the Fitbit Charge HR too, and a few said that once they switched back to the regular Charge, they had no problems, which makes me think that the heart rate monitor is causing it. Yes, I know, it's just an LED light. But I feel almost nothing at all after turning the HR monitor off on my Garmin. Unfortunately, it appears that this device is not very accurate without the HR monitor turned on, so I might have to return that as well. Ugh! Anyone else try this with positive results?

Any luck with turning the HR monitor off? I am one of those that had to switch from a Charge HR to a plain Charge a year ago because the HR monitor gave me really bad pain in the wrist and almost up to my elbow within a couple of days of first wearing it. . It was the weirdest thing,

I tried wearing it on each wrist with varying degrees of looseness, nothing worked except when I switched to the non HR version, the pain and numbness disappeared within a couple of days.

Now that I'm thinking about getting an Apple Watch and remembering that pain, I decided to search for "wrist pain and Apple Watch" which led me here. Seeing this thread does not give me great hope that I won't have the same issues I had with the Fitbit Charge HR though.