I was wondering if the battery in a laptop might drain the charge out of my cardiac pacemaker.
2006-08-16 16:39:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
No
it's the mobile phones you have to watch out for!
That's why they get them to turn them off in hospitals!
Actually, neither will interfere with your pacemaker. Usually the magnetic fields involved are too small to affect your pacemaker and they certainly cannot drain the pacemaker battery unless you stick wires into it.
2006-08-16 16:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Laptops and pacemakers are fine together. Cell phones are not a problem either. We don't want people on cell phones for one primary reason in the hospital and one secondary reason. The primary is interference with some equipment (some ventilators and cardiac monitors) but not pacemakers. The other is patient rest and comfort. Stress levels go out the roof with those things going off all the time and people yaking at all hours of the night and day. Hope this helps. I'm pretty sure that microwave ovens are not as big a problem for pacemakers now as they were once thought to be.
Jeff the nurse in Nashville.
2006-08-17 02:14:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should have no trouble using a laptop computer. The major source of interference for pacemakers is a magnetic field. The magnet can change the functional behavior of the pacemaker, in fact that is one of the tests that you are subjected to every time your pacemaker is checked. Rarely are there magnetic fields strong enough to cause the problem in everyday life. The other issue is locally high strength radiofrequency fields. You can ask your cardiologist about this, but most of these sources are now well shielded, quite different from the situation 15 to 20 years ago.
2006-08-17 00:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by Gene Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES you can !
Lap top away...
Todays pacemakers are not sensitive to electronics. Even if you are near a strong magnetic field the worse that will happen is that the pace maker will go into a predetermined pacing rate. It will be a fixed rate and the Doctors will have to reset the pacer to sensing mode. That is the worse.
SO THERE IS NO REASON WHY YOU CAN NOT USE THE LAP TOP
2006-08-17 15:45:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that the laptop will hurt your pacemaker at all, no. But might ask a doctor. I'm pretty sure though that your ok using a laptop.
2006-08-16 16:45:13 · answer #5 · answered by frog_h 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the laptop will not affect your pacemaker.
2006-08-16 16:44:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
After doing a little research on Google, I have concluded that no, that's not possible. You should be able to use a laptop just fine. However, you should probably ask your doctor just incase.
2006-08-16 16:45:26 · answer #7 · answered by Lauren 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use u r laptop while u have a pace maker.
2006-08-17 01:56:48 · answer #8 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with your doctor.
2006-08-16 16:45:18 · answer #9 · answered by helixburger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋