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Smart watches can reduce the risk of disease transmission by almost 50%. What if we could lock pandemics with a few clicks?
One published in PNAS Earlier this year shows that smart watches can detect subtle signs of disease hours before the person feels sick. Can smartwatches be the future of disease detection?
More than a crazy idea, it’s really a possibility, the study authors say.
Scientists from Texas A&M University and Stanford University have modeled how this type of early detection could play a key role in slow, or even lock, the propagation of infectious diseases like covid-19 or flu.
The investigation concluded that Smart watches could reduce the risk of disease transmission by almost 50%. This is because the devices already detect physical changes that arise before symptoms manifest themselves.
“Even before a person begins to have symptoms of the disease, they occur physiological changes In your body-such as an increase in temperature or a change in sleep pattern-which are usually too subtle for the person to notice, but can be detected by a smart clock, ”says martial ndeffo-cambah à.
“The influenza investigation indicates that Most people start treatment too late, Several days after symptoms, when the ideal would be to start treatment before symptoms arise, ”he says.
“Even in the pre-symptomatic phase, infected individuals are often contagious; studies have shown that up to 44% of covid-19 infections were transmitted by individuals without symptoms.”
“Influenza investigation indicates that most people start treatment too late, several days after the appearance of symptoms, when the ideal would be start treatment before symptoms arise“, DIZ NDEFFO-MBAH.
“Even in the pre-symptomatic phase, infected individuals are often contagious; studies have shown that up to 44% of covid-19 infections were transmitted by individuals without symptoms.”
