This is the story of Paul Houle, a 17-year-old boy who had decided to buy an Apple Watch, it is not the first time that an Apple device helps save a lifeI'm not saying that only Apple devices do this since that would be a lie, the beauty of this is to see how technology provides us with help even in the worst cases, when we are alone.
On previous occasions we have heard of a girl who got trapped under her car and he was able to call emergencies thanks to the fact that he had his iPhone in his pocket and he was able to ask Siri for help, which as we already know, is always there to help us with whatever it is (although many times he ends up searching the internet for how to do it).
Paul Houle decided to buy an Apple Watch A few days before starting the pre-season training at the Tabor academy, after doing two daily practices Paul realized that something was not quite right, his Apple Watch gave him 145 beats per minute, even hours after the training.
He would not know until after a while, but he was suffering a situation that could have ended his life, Paul saw how in a few minutes of training he began to suffer problems when breathing, and finally his knees ended up failing him, something was wrong Nothing good.
The doctors later they diagnosed him rhabdomyolysis, a disease that causes striated muscles to "disintegrate" and this causes dangerous substances to enter the bloodstream that could cause serious damage to the kidneys.
The trainer rushed to manually confirm the measurements of the Apple Watch and as soon as he saw that they were true he took him to the hospital, there they made the diagnosis and gave him good / bad news, if he had returned the next day to train, he could have lost control of your muscles and even there was a possibility that he fell to the ground and died right there.
Paul admits to being very grateful to his activity monitor (Apple Watch), a tool that has proven once again how truly useful it can beHowever, we must not forget that although the Apple Watch helped, the true heroes are the coach and the doctors who helped him.
Rhabdomyolysis is a common disorder, however it rarely becomes so severe, without proper detection and subsequent treatment this issue could have ended in a very different way, it is nice to see how technology is incorporated into our lives to provide us with improvements in many aspects beyond communication and leisure.
What does rhabdomyolysis have to do with increased heart rate? My mother, what nonsense….
We go back to fantasy stories to generate publicity and increase sales XD.
The cartoon of the mechanic who was trapped under the car was not a girl, but a "boy" and they forgot how the story goes and who also pressed the home button with his pompi to invoke Siri since his iPhone was in his pocket butt and his hands were immobilized. And now with this other story Apple has become our indispensable hero in our lives (sarcasm) XD. Samsung will undoubtedly be lousy in marketing promoting its Galaxys but Apple and its children's stories are not far behind either.
You have convinced me, tomorrow I will buy the Apple Watch.
Amazing. Tomorrow everyone to the store to leave 400 euros in this posh machine that we cannot live without.
How stupid. Apple saved a life. It is probably the only device that measures the heart rate.
Morons.
So looking for the symptoms of this disease if there is the possibility of an alteration of the heart rhythm and therefore the first comment of José or you are a doctor or you are a fool one of two.