Can Apple Watch 3 detect seizures?

Features: - Seizure detection. Seizure-like detection is done via the motion sensors on the iPhone and/or motion sensors or heart rate sensor on the Apple Watch. Sensitivity controls allow you to set customized settings specific to you.
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Do Apple watches detect seizures?

The apple watch doesn't detect heart attacks and doesn't detect seizures,that isn't the purpose of fall detection and it tells you that in the how it works.
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Is there a watch that can detect seizures?

Embrace2 is the only FDA-cleared wrist-worn wearable in epilepsy. It detects possible convulsive seizures and instantly alerts caregivers, whether they're sleeping next door or are living miles away. Created to offer round-the-clock safety and comfort, to help people with epilepsy get help when they need it most.
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Can an Apple Watch help people with epilepsy?

Those who have an Apple Watch and who make use of the app can help to improve the understanding that researchers have regarding epilepsy and seizures. This could help them to find better ways to manage the seizures in their patients and better ways for monitoring. The more data is collected, the better.
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What to watch for with seizures?

Warning signs of a seizure

A sound or tone that is the same each time. Changes in your hearing that might feel like you're under water. Distortions in your surroundings, such as feeling very small or very large compared to the things and people around you.
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Can FitBit detect seizures?

Can a Fitbit detect seizures? A 2020 study comparing the Fitbit Charge 2 to a continuous electroencephalographic (EEG) monitor found that Fitbits are not well-suited for detecting seizures in comparison to EEGs. While the Fitbit Charge 2 can detect seizures, the smartwatch also has the potential to return false alarms.
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How do you tell if you had a seizure while sleeping?

During a nocturnal seizure, you may:
  1. cry out or make unusual noises, especially before muscles tense.
  2. suddenly appear very rigid.
  3. lose bladder control.
  4. twitch or jerk.
  5. bite your tongue.
  6. fall out of bed.
  7. wake up for no clear reason [3].
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Which Apple Watch is best for seizures?

Answer: A: Answer: A: Series 5 with fall detection. Series 5 also has SOS.
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Can you have seizures every night?

Sleep seizures can happen any time you're asleep, whether it's during the night or a day time nap. It's possible to have any type of seizure during your sleep including focal seizures. In focal seizures, epileptic activity starts in just a part of your brain.
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How does the embrace watch detect seizures?

For seizure monitoring and alerting, Embrace uses an algorithm to look for motions and physiological activity that indicates a possible tonic-clonic seizure. Alerts (SMS and phone calls) are sent to caregivers from the Alert App through internet.
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Can Smartwatches detect epilepsy?

Clinical Studies

Stanford University Medical Center (Jan 2009 – June 2010) - In this study, conducted with adult patients for more than a year, the SmartWatch was able to detect all but one generalized tonic-clonic seizure during the study.
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What causes early morning seizures?

It's believed that sleep seizures are triggered by changes in the electrical activity in your brain during certain stages of sleeping and waking. Nighttime seizures occur most often in the early morning around 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. and occur least often shortly after falling asleep.
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Can Apple watches detect heart attacks?

Things you should know. Apple Watch cannot detect heart attacks. If you ever experience chest pain, pressure, tightness, or what you think is a heart attack, call emergency services immediately. The irregular rhythm notification feature on Apple Watch is not constantly looking for AFib.
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What is a seizure mat?

The Emfit Epileptic Sensor Mat is a bed monitoring system that will monitor a sleeping adult or child's convulsive seizures from under the mattress. It can detect both the person's tonic-clonic seizures and if the person leaves the bed, with the same sensor.
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What do mini seizures look like?

Absence seizures involve brief, sudden lapses of consciousness. They're more common in children than in adults. Someone having an absence seizure may look like he or she is staring blankly into space for a few seconds. Then, there is a quick return to a normal level of alertness.
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What does a seizure feel like in your head?

You're not likely to lose consciousness, but you might feel sweaty or nauseated. Complex focal seizures: These usually happen in the part of your brain that controls emotion and memory. You may lose consciousness but still look like you're awake, or you may do things like gag, smack your lips, laugh, or cry.
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Can you survive a seizure in your sleep?

Or, can you die from a seizure in your sleep? The short answer is yes, but while possible, death from epilepsy is also rare.
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How do you track epilepsy?

A seizure alert device, also known as a seizure alarm or seizure monitor, is an electronic device that can detect seizures if you have a condition like epilepsy. It can alert your caretakers when you are having a seizure, but it does not prevent seizures from happening.
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How do you keep a seizure diary?

Keeping a seizure diary
  1. Your seizures and their types.
  2. How long they last.
  3. When you change anything about your epilepsy medicine.
  4. Possible side-effects of your epilepsy medicines.
  5. What other possible seizure triggers there might have been for you.
  6. Your monthly periods, if you think they may affect when your seizures happen.
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Is Apple Watch Series 5?

Apple Watch Series 5 is available in a wider range of materials, including aluminum, stainless steel, ceramic and an all-new titanium. Combined with the power of watchOS 6, users are empowered to take charge of their health and fitness with new features like Cycle Tracking, the Noise app and Activity Trends.
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Can you feel a seizure coming on?

Prodrome: Some people may experience feelings, sensations, or changes in behavior hours or days before a seizure. These feelings are generally not part of the seizure, but may warn a person that a seizure may come.
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Can you have seizures in your sleep and not know it?

Nocturnal seizures are often unnoticed because the patient is asleep when they happen. However, there are signs that may suggest the patient's is experiencing these seizures, including: Loss of bladder control. Biting their tongue.
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Can anxiety cause seizures?

If you have already been diagnosed with epilepsy then yes, anxiety can cause seizures. Severe stress is a very common seizure trigger, and those with severe anxiety often experience severe stress. However, it should be noted that this is far more common with those who already have epilepsy.
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What breed of dog can detect seizures?

Breeds with this ability included Golden Retriever, Standard Poodle, German Shepherd, Akita, Rough Collie, Rottweiler, Cairn Terrier, Great Pyrenees, and one mixed breed dog. Dogs acquired this ability after about one month with the family -- generally with the first seizure the dog witnessed.
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Does your heart rate increase when you have a seizure?

The electrical activity in the brain during a seizure can also change our pulse and usually causes an increase in heart rate. However, during some seizures, the heart can slow or even stop temporarily, which is referred to as ictal asystole.
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