The recently announced Apple Watch series 4 has left us all shocked by some of its novelties. In my case, la ability to obtain an electrocardiogram in 30 seconds and in the simplest way that could be expected.
Apple put a lot of emphasis on how important the Apple Watch is to health and demonstrated them. That has made the rumors and leaks not stop even the days after a presentation, and now the ideas of an Apple Watch capable of measuring blood pressure.
This rumor It is not new and when I first heard it it sounded as far-fetched to me as the possibility of getting an ECG. A) Yes, this function regains strength and I will not be the one to say that it is not possible (Even though it seems to me)
In this case, the measurement of blood pressure would be obtained through a technology born in the Apple Watch, the 3D Touch / Force Touch. The pressure we exert on the Apple Watch in conjunction with the sensors would allow the Apple Watch to calculate a person's blood pressure.
The same rumor refers to other similar devices already marketed that obtain blood pressure in the fingers. These are far from the sensitivity and specificity of arm sphygmomanometers, used both in hospitals and health centers and in a private way, but it is certainly a first step to obtaining a blood pressure measurement in a fast, personal and comfortable.
To finish curling the curl, rumors also revive the glucometer non-invasive Apple Watch, capable of obtaining a measurement of blood glucose (blood glucose or "sugar levels") without requiring a blood sample to do so. This would be an unparalleled advance in medicine and would change the lives of many diabetics for the better, apart from helping non-diabetics to detect it early and avoid it.
