potsiebarbie Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 So sometimes I put it on and it will read 50 something for hr and then a few seconds later its 80s or 90s. So my question is how accurate is this? Does it maybe take a little while to register your true heartrate or is my heartrate just erratic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outaker Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 It takes 5 seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 Hi, @potsiebarbie, Are you staying stationary the entire time? Or does the HR go up when you start moving? (Does this mean it will read 50-something for an hour)? 1 hour ago, potsiebarbie said: t will read 50 something for hr When I first got one of those things last year, I could be sitting down and have a normalish reading but as soon as I got up and started walking, it went up into the 120s. Your heart rate can actually fluctuate quite a bit according to whatever activity you may be doing, even if it's just very minor activity. In fact, it can go up significantly even if you're just sitting there and something startles or scares you, or if you're reading or thinking about something and it makes you anxious. And it can come down just as quickly as it went up. I'm not sure if that is what's happening with you, but that has definitely been my experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayAtHomeMom Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 It takes 60 seconds for the most accurate read. Movement can effect it as well. Best way to see if your HR is erratic is to get a holter monitor for a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p8d Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Mine jumps all over if I don’t stay still and rest it on something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklass44 Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Pulse oximeters, when they work, are very accurate, but that being said they are super finicky. Like others mentioned, they can be affected by any sort of movement, but also cold body temperature, hypotension, anemia, etc can cause inaccuracy as well. I usually warm my hand up first and then take a reading staying as still as possible or resting my hand on something so it doesn’t move/shake. Are you getting symptoms when these readings are taking place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Charlton Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 Sometimes mine will seem to read double what my heart is doing. I think what is happening is when my Autonomic Nervous System constricts the smooth muscles of my artery walls causing Prinzmetals angina, it creates such large "T" waves that the meter will read both the "R" wave and the "T" wave of every beat, therefore counting one as two. Here is one of my ECGs demonstrating this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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