Fitbit Helps Man Discover He Needed A New Heart

30-year-old Ryan Gabb discovered he needed a new heart after using his friend’s Fitbit. He had been feeling sick and suffering flu-like symptoms for weeks until he started realising that something more serious was going on.

When he borrowed his friend’s device, he faced a shocking heart rate of over 100 beats per minute. Ryan was then taken to hospital and was told that he was suffering from Dilated Cardiomyopathy which is a heart muscle disease. Due to this, Ryan had to have an emergency pump fitted and is now on the waiting list for an urgent heart transplant. He said: “I couldn’t believe what I was hearing and was in complete shock, I knew I hadn’t been well but was not expecting anything so serious.”