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Vibrate when I have a large blood oxygen variation

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‎07-12-2020 08:25

‎07-12-2020 08:25

I'm looking for a device that can A) monitor my blood oxygen level at night and B) wake me up when my blood oxygen level is low. There are several dedicated blood oxygen monitors that a person can wear to bed and when the oxygen level gets low, the device will vibrate to wake the person up. This would be a tremendous help to me, because I have sleep apnea that only occurs when I sleep on my back. A blood oxygen monitor that vibrates when my oxygen is low can wake me up enough to turn over on my side. I would much rather buy a FitBit than a dedicated blood oxygen monitor, but the FitBit would only meet my needs if it could alert me when my blood oxygen is low.

 

Are there any fitbits that can do this?

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‎07-13-2020 08:42

‎07-13-2020 08:42

Hi @DannyD_PNG - I can sympathize with your predicament. Unfortunately, the only way to currently get what you describe is to use a medical grade device. But the current blood oxygen variation graph can be a good tool to share with your doctor. Between the two of you, you can track how often the spikes occur and whether or not a CPAP machine is called for. When things got too bad, my doctor suggested a CPAP machine. I fought him on this. But when I finally gave in, the tracking on my Fitbit verified the improvement and also clearly showed how much better I was sleeping. I also shared this with my doctor.  Team work, with the help of my little Fitbit device.

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‎07-13-2020 08:42

‎07-13-2020 08:42

Hi @DannyD_PNG - I can sympathize with your predicament. Unfortunately, the only way to currently get what you describe is to use a medical grade device. But the current blood oxygen variation graph can be a good tool to share with your doctor. Between the two of you, you can track how often the spikes occur and whether or not a CPAP machine is called for. When things got too bad, my doctor suggested a CPAP machine. I fought him on this. But when I finally gave in, the tracking on my Fitbit verified the improvement and also clearly showed how much better I was sleeping. I also shared this with my doctor.  Team work, with the help of my little Fitbit device.

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‎07-13-2020 09:42

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‎07-13-2020 09:42

Thanks for your response @SunsetRunner. Your response confirms FitBit products do not have the feature I'm looking for. For the sake of FitBit personnel who may read this post, I recognize FitBit's oxygen level monitor is not equivalent to a medical grade device. The FitBit device would not need to be equivalent to a medical grade device to meet my needs. The FitBit can already detect changes in oxygen level. All I need the device to do is to alert me (preferably via vibrating), when it detects a dip in oxygen level.

 

I will enter this feature request in the Feature Suggestions forum. It seems like an incredibly simple feature to implement. FitBit devices can already monitor oxygen levels and they can already vibrate. Why not link the two capacities?

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