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CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
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RE: CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
(05-31-2017, 05:04 PM)TASmart Wrote: Health Effects of Bluetooth:

http://www.livescience.com/56027-bluetoo...one-7.html

Let's hope so. I'm skeptical about everything until long term data is compiled and there is proof of no evidence of damage. I think it's too soon to tell.  It would be a good dissertation for a doctoral candidate in the years to come.
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RE: CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
In order to be funny here I am going to say you will be fine whether you like it or not :-)

I am old enough to have seen a lot of these correlation is causation scares in my life.
Do you remember power line cancer and those lawsuits?
Same thing.
My science, statistics, and general knowledge and experience tell me this stuff is
a lot of hot air over nothing.
My oldest son is a cancer researcher at UCLA.
He doesn't believe it either and has access to a lot of very informed opinions about the subject.
(He is the black sheep of the family, I am an oilman.)

You have the same chance of getting cancer from pickles as you do from RF from cell phones.
Time will take care of this one, we'll all be fine. If humans were that fragile we wouldn't be here.

At that point we can move on to the next health scare.
Maybe they can pick one that's more exciting next time.
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RE: CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
(05-31-2017, 07:56 PM)personal111 Wrote: In order to be funny here I am going to say you will be fine whether you like it or not :-)

I am old enough to have seen a lot of these correlation is causation scares in my life.
Do you remember power line cancer and those lawsuits?
Same thing.
My science, statistics, and general knowledge and experience tell me this stuff is
a lot of hot air over nothing.
My oldest son is a cancer researcher at UCLA.
He doesn't believe it either and has access to a lot of very informed opinions about the subject.
(He is the black sheep of the family, I am an oilman.)

You have the same chance of getting cancer from pickles as you do from RF from cell phones.
Time will take care of this one, we'll all be fine. If humans were that fragile we wouldn't be here.

At that point we can move on to the next health scare.
Maybe they can pick one that's more exciting next time.
 
I'm laughing. You are probably right. I'm a cancer survivor and went through a lot of treatment (radiation, chemo, subsequent surgeries) so these things are always worrisome to me. I wish there were more good oilmen around. Your son picked up good genes and they came from you.
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RE: CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
I use my Airsense 10 machine every night, and my Fitbit Charge 2 band every night, and never had any issues.

The Fitbit device is using bluetooth, while the ResMed device is using GSM/Cell/3G to send data. I can't really see how the two could conflict/interfere...
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RE: CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
(06-01-2017, 02:49 PM)tedgreen Wrote: I use my Airsense 10 machine every night, and my Fitbit Charge 2 band every night, and never had any issues.

The Fitbit device is using bluetooth, while the ResMed device is using GSM/Cell/3G to send data. I can't really see how the two could conflict/interfere...

Well, I had a problem with the two together and it didn't go away until I gave up the FitBit. I ain't lying.  There are other documented cases out there, too. Glad that it worked out for you.
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RE: CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
(06-01-2017, 04:15 PM)Zhash Wrote: There are other documented cases out there, too.

Which ones?
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RE: CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
(06-01-2017, 11:23 PM)tedgreen Wrote:
(06-01-2017, 04:15 PM)Zhash Wrote: There are other documented cases out there, too.

Which ones?

It is documented in the Fitbit Community Blog.  Here is one thread but there are others that include the CPAP.  It could be coincidental but there are issues with the FitBit Heart Rate Monitor and arm pain.

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Charge-H...-p/1235217

http://www.bostonscientific.com/content/..._Guide.pdf

There are many other documents. You have to look it up on your browser.
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RE: CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
Sorry to hear you having to do that, I know one person in that situation and it doesn't look like it's very pleasant. Hopefully my son and his crew will be able to make a big dent in all that.

Technology has always been scary, especially something that we can not observe directly.
It's nice if we can assign something like rf to blame because it's easy and we can then act like we are doing something about it. It's just human nature.

Unfortunately for now I am sure the reality of these health problems is far more complex, but like all the patterns in nature, will look simple once someone figures it out.
We thought decoding DNA was the holy grail but in essence it's barely scratching the surface.

Stay cancer free!
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#29
RE: CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
I agree that there are many blogs/articles on Fitbit use causing arm pain in some people,
but unable to find any documentation on a Fitbit and Cpap use interfering with each other.

If there is such documentation, could you post it here?
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RE: CPAP and FitBit Conflicting Wireless Usage
(06-02-2017, 08:26 AM)OpalRose Wrote: I agree that there are many blogs/articles on Fitbit use causing arm pain in some people,
but unable to find any documentation on a Fitbit and Cpap use interfering with each other.

If there is such documentation, could you post it here?

I'm a little busy today. Leaving the house soon. As soon as I have at least an hour to look it up, I will.  Thanks for caring.
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