Smart Clothes for Better Healthcare

The scientific field is growing at a rapid pace. Merging new technologies into medicine is setting a new trend to improve health care.

Many people find it quite irritating when doctors connect wires to their body for monitoring their health.

Especially in the case of adult individuals, they get really annoyed during attaching the wires with their body.

But what if I tell you that you are no longer supposed to get yourself connected with the wires when examining.

Or you are not supposed to convince your parents or grandparents about the purpose of the wires? Yes, you heard me right.

In this blog, I will tell you about a scientific wonder that you have not heard about before.

There is a new advancement in science where you will not rely on the wires anymore. This is done by the creation of smart clothes. All you have to do is just put them on, and your body is ready to be examined.

It is as easy as something like write essay for me, where you ask the person to write it, and you get it done. Likewise, here you will ask the patient to wear it and get, set and go.

There are fixed sensing devices in the smart clothes that will help to collect data with the help of bio-signals. This is then connected with a mobile device.

By doing this, the doctors will be able to check the patient's health practically.

Ok, so now you must be thinking that the clothes will be something like made of iron fabric and boring. But what if I tell you that it’s not the case.

Yes, these smart clothes are designed to be really comfortable, trendy and also they help in monitoring the heartbeat, body temperature and breathing of the patient.

Which in turn reduces the need for visiting the hospital on a daily basis for regular checkups.

How Do Smart Clothes Work?

The smart clothing is helpful in reducing the overall expense of depending on heavy and expensive equipment.

These smart clothes are helpful in finding out the chronic conditions of the user and in case of any help and emergency it also notifies the doctors.

For people who find it boring to stay in hospitals for a longer period of time, this is a scientific wonder.

Now you must be thinking what services can it provide to the users. So below are some of the functions of smart clothing.

1. Sequelae Illness Detection:

These clothes are specially designed for the detection of sequela disease. That means, that if a patient wears the cloth, a disease that is basically caused by an earlier disease will be detected and identified.

This particular ability of smart clothes helps the doctors to identify whether the patient is responding to a certain treatment.

2. Heart Rate Monitoring:

Smart clothes are a wonderful invention, especially for pregnant woman. Confuse?

Imagine monitoring the heartbeat of the baby instantaneously with the mother throughout the pregnancy without staying in the hospital. This way the risks of fetuses’ loss will also be reduced.

Needless to say that by doing this, miscarriages will also be reduced.

Nowadays people are at higher risk of sudden low heart rate which then leads to heart failure.

But with this wonder, any slight change in the heart will be detected, and proper medication will be done.

Administration of Drugs

The precise timing of the medication use is directly related to the efficiency and effectiveness of the drug. Therefore, it is important that patients stick to the drug administration timings. Most patients forget to stick to the schedule.   

But there is no need to worry. The smart clothes are exclusively designed to solve this problem.

When you wear the clothes, the drug administration timings can be followed strictly without missing a pill.

Regulation of Drug Effects

One big application of smart clothes is the monitoring of the effects of medication. Wondering How? Here is how

The moment a patient swallows a tablet, then these smart clothes will start to track the changes in their body.

Not only that, but it will also help to detect both the positive and negative effects of the medicines on the body.

They will send signals about the improvement in the individual as a result of the medication.

And the individuals who are sensitive to the drug, these clothes will communicate that information to the doctor before any delay.

Challenges for Smart Clothing

This is a known fact that in many parts of the world smart clothing is on the rise. Many of the chronic diseases like cancer, heart diseases, and other aging populations are randomly using this technology. It has also been reported in some clinical trials that these clothes have also helped in protection against infectious diseases.

Having said that there are certain challenges that this e-textile is facing right now. The challenges include reliability development, obligation and also certification.

Other regulatory approvals present a challenge for the device makers, and also approval and other certification from companies.

Many relevant projects are in the pipeline, and experts claim that they will come in fruition in 2020.

Future of Modern Clothing  

The future of e-textile is quite bright. Some of the experts even see the smart clothing completely replacing the bedside monitoring system in hospitals with t-shirts that will help in keeping track of blood pressure and sugar level.

Now that you have read the blog, did you like the idea of smart clothing?

Do you think that it will replace the bedside monitoring machines completely?

Are you doubtful about their efficiency?
Don’t forget to share your feedback about with us about this scientific wonder.