pacemaker affecting cell phone

I see many comments on phones affecting paces but none the otherway around....I have an Android smart phone and. It seems to trigger the phone to do strange things....making and receiving calls that weren't placed randomly mostly in the evening when I suspect the pacer may be working harder..has anyone had a similar experience. I've done everything to correct it....new phones, sin cards, new numbers etc..

5 Comments

phone

by LS - 2011-07-10 08:07:42

I might be wayyyyy off base here, but I don't see how the heck your "smart phone" can do all that. My daughter has the same phone & I've used hers. I had to dial it myself. ;)
Liz

wrong frequencies

by wjhughes420384 - 2011-07-10 10:07:37

in the US cell phones operate around 850 or 1900 MHZ, your pacemaker (assuming you have a transmitter) operates between 402 and 405 MHZ. It would have to be a harmonic of your pacemaker, and even that would be out of band of the cell phone. The device designed to receive your PM signal has to be within 5-10 feet. So it is highly unlikely that your PM could generate enough power in a band that the cell phone could detect.

Cell Phone Troubles

by SMITTY - 2011-07-10 10:07:42


Before I say the following let me put in my disclaimer. I have learned the hard way to never say what a pacemaker can or cannot do.

Obviously something is affecting your smart phone, but I don't think it is your pacemaker. A pacemaker does not transmit a signal. such as required to do what you are describing. The PM can be affected by energy fields, such as a strong radio signals. But the electrical impulse the PM sends to change the speed at which your heart beats is transmitted by a the leads from your PM to your heart and they are "hardwired" between the two.

You say it happens mostly in the evenings when you suspect it is working harder. A pacemaker doesn't work harder or work less hard. It may work more often or less often as needed to make your heart beat faster but it does this by sending electrical impulses over the leads. It will do that only when your natural heart rate drops below the PMs low set point because your PM is an on demand device and works only as needed, or at least it is if you got it because of a slow heart rate.

I suggest that you take at look at your activity in the evenings. Are you around any Wifi terminals, microwave ovens, or any one of a dozen things, for example other cell phones, that do transmit a signal, ? MY GUESS is that it is most likely to be from a Wifi signal in your vicinity.

Good luck finding the gremlins that are making your smart phone not be so smart.

Smitty



not likely

by Tracey_E - 2011-07-10 11:07:18

My android doesn't do anything weird. As Smitty said, the pm works the same all the time whether it's pacing or just watching

Cell Phone Hacking

by ElectricFrank - 2011-07-11 01:07:35

Have you seen any of the flap on TV about news organizations hacking into cell phones to mine information? I don't know much about it, but could be related.

Do you have a record of the numbers being called.

I agree that it is very unlikely that the pacer would be affecting the cell phone. Even if it did the effect would be interference or dropped calls, not dialed numbers.

The reason they call them "smart" phones is that they can be programmed to download information for the user automatically. Be sure and check what applications are installed. You can also go back to the service you are using and demand to know what is programmed on your phone.

By the way, are aware that the camera and microphone in the cell phone can be turned on and monitored remotely?

Welcome to the bold new world of digital invasion.

frank

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