in Spite of the relaxations a fast, queasy, when you look at groups together, or you have to push in a crowd of people through the city, always careful to the prescribed distance as well, it is to be observed. Still uneasy one, however, if it visit about contact after few weeks at home and minimal while keeping to the outside, back to the doctor. You remember in the waiting room, which is often met by a cough and malaise – and many people say, therefore, important dates, or move your Routine examination at the dentist for an indefinite period of time. (Properly brushing your teeth? These three error the most make in your daily Routine.)

health Apps as an Alternative to a doctor visit?

The Alternative seems to be the Download a health App that can monitor his health and everything that has to do with better – and improve if necessary. According to a study by “Strategy,” and strategy consulting from PwC, numbers of Downloads and users of Health and Fitness Apps for the Lockdown in the middle of March in Germany to 16 per cent. With the number of around 20.4 million App users the is, therefore, a new high in this area. Which Apps are currently in the health popular and what features they provide, you can find here.

prevention and warning system: Corona-Warning App

The App, which is currently all the rage, of course, is the Corona-Warning App, which was announced since months and developed and is now in the App Stores, Google Play and Apple Store, is available. It is free and voluntary, the Federal government calls on to install this as possible, because it works best, if many of you use. The goal of the App: the chain of Infection to understand and to determine the respective risk of infection. (Training with the mask? How useful sports with a Mouth guard, you can go here.)

Thus, the warning system of the App is also a reliable, Bluetooth must be permanently activated on the phone. Only in this way can be determined, whether in our perimeter people are proven to have been tested positive for the Virus. If you are now, for example, in a Store or in a Restaurant and you are a long time in the vicinity of a Person, be exchanged for the Bluetooth data. If this Person was later tested on the basis of symptoms on Covid-19, and this in the App specifies, then you will be notified, depending on the length and distance of the Person that they had contact with a Person infected with the Virus.

The App calculates the risk of contagion and refers, where appropriate, then, that you should make a Test. This is first of all to understand, rather than a strong recommendation, because the health authorities do not have access to your data. In order to protect themselves and their fellow human beings, however, it is recommended that this Point to pursue. (For more on the Corona-Warning App, you can read here)

The Plan: AppzumARZT

Many patients avoid currently the visit to the doctor. The power of pure routine checks a lot of sense, however, preventive measures should not be ignored. A health App that will help promises to keep all that in the prevention and control of appointments for you and your household members in the Overview, the AppzumARZT, which is developed in collaboration between the Felix Burda Foundation and Assmann Foundation.

This App is designed for those with statutory health insurance and reminds the user of all prevention services of the statutory health insurance Fund. Reminds you of appointments, vaccinations, Check-ups, screening and early detection – and the four weeks before they are needed. In the App called the heart can also determine the age as well as the risk of developing Diabetes. The AppzumArzt is all about early detection – and thus, the prevention of diseases. The creators describe the App as "the ideal Coach for all the health measures, the health insurance companies that already exist today free of charge and can be availed of." The App is free in the app stores available.

App as a measuring device: Heart Watch

This heart rate monitor in the Form of an App was to have, in the past year, one of the most purchased Apps in the Apple Store. This works by using an Apple Watch, which measures heart rate while sleeping, during sports and in everyday life – and then evaluates. This System also allows long-term observation of the heart rate and the results are displayed in graphs. These are not only shown, but also explained what these measurements actually mean.

If you use the App a bit longer, you can also use the data of the past weeks and months to determine any change. Here the so-called movement targets are calculated based on the data collected by the Watch, and it will be shown how much you are on each day and how much you should move. It gives an Overview of the current health and helps to improve this, by making these data visible to the user and understandable visualized. The App is not free, the current price in the Apple Store is located at 4,49€. (Facts on the topic of health, you can find here.)

sleep Monitoring: auto-sleep and Sleep Monitor

When it comes to health, should not be excluded, the sleep. The Tracking-the App auto sleep, provided by the same manufacturer as heart watch, offers the possibility to sleep over night to record. Here are the sleep periods, agitation of the phases and the heart rate is measured and this information can be integrated, among other things, in the above-described heart watch App. be However, it must be for these records for a Apple Watch, which must also be in bed worn.

For all the Android Users, the App is the sleep monitor. These observed sleep rhythm, although not as accurate as auto sleep, but it contains other Features, such as the "Smart Clock", which allows for a pleasant Wake up, a calendar to record what you have taken before going to bed, to be able to observe which days you slept worse or better and how the, possibly, with the dinner could be related. In addition, there is also the possibility of so-called sleep sounds turn on, such as rain splash or melodies, to enable a quiet Sleep. (A Guide with tips for better sleep you can find here.)

The reminder App: my medicine

do you take regular tablets, you need to take antibiotics or simply extra vitamins and Worry constantly, to forget it, perhaps? Particularly in the case of infections and persistent symptoms, the exposure to drugs is often fatal. Anyone who tends to Forget, you can download in the App Store, the my medical App and is there to remind us of all the. Here you can enter the time frame, the regularity and the dosage form of the medicine. You can specify whether or not you need to take the drug at night or during the day, and even the expiry date to enter.

in Addition, there is the opportunity to photograph the medications you take, and upload, which gives a detailed Overview. This can also be useful when you will be asked to the doctor what medicine you have taken in the past few weeks or months. Because the names are usually difficult to remember, this App not only as a reminder but also as a memory that helps to keep the history of drugs in the eye. The App is free in the App Store and on Google Play.

This article was written by (Angelika Watta)

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