The commenter reports recurring wrist, hand and arm pain while using a smartwatch and connected ring, and…

HHS public comment #6414 · HHS-OASH-2026-0397 · 2026-10-28

#1The commenter reports recurring wrist, hand and arm pain while using a smartwatch and connected ring, and…by Mary Borello » 2026-10-28
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The commenter reports recurring wrist, hand and arm pain while using a smartwatch and connected ring, and says symptoms led them to stop wearing these devices.

  • Other concerns: ad to stop wearing it. I stopped wearing all wearable tech because of the emf pain I was feeling.

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It all started with my Apple Watch at first it was a dull pain in my wrist that would only happen every once in a while. Then the pain would start every time with in 30 minutes of wear it then the pain would go up my whole arm. I would take the watch off and within an hour the pain was gone. So I ended up stop wearing it, my husband thought I was crazy until it started happening to him about a year later. I then tried an Oura ring and the pain started in my finger then it would go up to my hand and wrist then my whole arm. I would even turn it on airplane mode so it wouldn’t be sending and receiving information to and from my phone and it still was happening so I had to stop wearing it. I stopped wearing all wearable tech because of the emf pain I was feeling.

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