"Last Wednesday morning, I woke up and did what I normally do when I open my eyes. I grabbed my phone and checked my Oura app to see how I slept. This morning, however, Oura's home page looked a bit different. Unlike the sleep and readiness scores I usually see on the home page, a new message appeared on top. While no biomarker deviated strongly from my baseline, Oura's Symptom Radar feature warned me that my biometrics indicated "major signs of strain." It encouraged me to take it easy -- a tall task given that I was headed into the office for the workday."
"The next day, I woke up to see that my Oura Ring's Symptom Radar indicator had gone back to no signs of strain, despite the fact that I now had a scratchy throat - nothing major, just a tickle. Over the course of the workday, I could feel myself getting more and more exhausted, and by the day's end, I was huddled in my bed, shaking with chills under layers of sheets and blankets. My temperature read 100.7 degrees Fahrenheit. "I fear the Oura Ring was correct," I texted my roommates in defeat."
An Oura Ring's Symptom Radar alerted to "major signs of strain" despite no single biomarker strongly deviating from baseline. The feature advised taking it easy while the wearer felt normal that morning. Symptoms progressed the next day from a scratchy throat to severe chills and fever, with a recorded temperature of 100.7°F. Wearable health trackers that record heart rate, respiration, skin temperature, and oxygen saturation 24/7 can detect deviations from personal baselines during sleep or activity. These devices can identify early physiological changes before overt symptoms and serve as helpful illness detectors and tools for checking in when users feel unwell.
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