BIOTEL HEART MONITOR RASH SKIN
BIOTEL HEART MONITOR RASH PORTABLE

BIOTEL HEART MONITOR RASH SKIN

It's become painful and can constantly feel my irritated skin against my clothes, tried lotions and hydrocortisone on the areas that the pad currently isn't on and it hasn't helped. Now, after about 2 weeks in, the pads that the electrodes attach to have wreaked havoc on my skin, rashy all over the upper part of my chest and a little on my left belly (I have one electrode each attached above my chest and one on the bottom left side of my ribs, 24/7 can only take them off to shower) My neighbor had to do that just last year.Hi all, this is my first time actually posting and I was wondering if any of you have had to wear a cardiac event monitor/holder monitor before?īackground info: I'd been having random heart palpitations, squeezing feelings, odd beat patterns for the last 8 weeks or so for the first time in my life and my doc decided to have me wear an event monitor for 30 days to try to catch what was going on (it's called a heartrackECAT2) I sure like it a lot better than when they were provided by our local hospital w/the old you have to push the button and write down what you were doing and decide for yourself whether to call the doctor or go to ER or whatever. I'm sure there are other companies like eCardio out there but this is the only 2 times I've been script ed an event monitor. It really is kind of a neat, interesting gadget and the folks at eCardio are great if you call them for any reason. It also tells you how low the battery is getting, how many recordings it is storing if it is storing any and the strength of the wireless signal. Its only slightly larger than a cigarette pack, not particularly heavy and it tells you if it is monitoring, recording or reporting on the LCD screen. You CAN also manually send them a recording by calling them then pushing the button and sending the recording via your landline. I forget whether I read that or not, I think I did. If it is a serious event I 'think' that it can start screeching and alert you even if you are sleeping. These event monitors evidently has a stronger reach as only once has there been a problem for it to send a recording to eCardio and it just stored the recording to send at a later date. Often I can't use my cell phone until I drive 2 miles north of the house. At that time they ask you what you are/were doing and the cardiologist determines whether you should call 911 for an amublance to go to ER or whatever. The monitor records any events and reports them to eCardio via wireless and if it is a serious or critical event they immediately call you and your cardiologist or ordering doctor. I don't have to press a button to alert them to an 'event' and write down what I was doing at the time. I haven't minded the event monitor at all. I talked to them the one day in the afternoon and the next MORNING I had the event monitor (TX to MI) overnight by Fed Ex. I don't remember what.Īnd when eCardio says immediately they aren't kidding. to call them and they would immediately send something else to use. Yup, yup, I was just recently script ed a 30 day event monitor and then a 21 day event monitor and both times before they sent the monitor (eCardio out of TX) they specifically asked if I have ever had a rash or other reaction to the electrodes (the patches) and since I hadn't they then told me if I developed a rash or itch or redness, etc. I never know what's allergen-safe any more.

I seem to be developing or discovering new sensitivities every few months, and it's really getting me down. Of course, if it ends up being silver allergy, the dentist gets involved next, as I have the old-style metal fillings in my teeth, and they contain silver.

For the allergy folks, does this sound like your symptoms of a metal allergy? I didn't think I was allergic to either metal. I have a call in to the company that makes them to find out for sure. The technician asked me - belatedly - if I was allergic to nickel, claiming that the gel contained it, but the package doesn't say it does list silver, though. The rest of the area, including where the adhesive had been, was fine.Īnyone in either forum ever have a reaction like this? This morning when I removed them, the places where the electrodes - or rather the gel on them - touched my skin were red. This continued but decreased over the next 1-1.5 hours. When the technician first attached the electrodes, they stung and burned, with a little itching. I seem to have had an allergic reaction to something in the electrodes that were attached to my skin, but I'm not 100% sure.

BIOTEL HEART MONITOR RASH PORTABLE

I just spent 24 hours wearing a holter monitor, a portable heart test device for those who don't know.

(This message is cross-posted in both Heart & Cardiovascuar Disease and Allergies & Asthma.)

Biotel heart monitor rash