"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."
A person woke and checked the Oura app to review sleep metrics and saw a Symptom Radar warning indicating "major signs of strain" despite feeling normal. The person later developed a scratchy throat, mounting exhaustion, chills and a fever of 100.7°F, matching the earlier biometric alert. Oura Ring and similar wearables record heart rate, respiration rate, skin temperature, oxygen saturation, and other signals continuously while worn close to the body. Deviations from a user's baseline during sleep or activity can flag potential illness, enabling earlier detection and prompting rest or check-ins.
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