Objective measures of health
What does it mean for a measurement to be objective? Basically, it shouldn’t depend on how awful the symptom feels. My memory isn’t great for remembering the intensity of bad experiences, and maybe my reactions will change over time as get better at handling the problem or if I’m in a psychologically vulnerable state. I’d like to come up with measurements that can help me compare across a span of years.
the measurement also needs to be done at home/relatively quickly/at least once a week.
- heart rate/HRV
- Control Pause, kind of
- O2 saturation
- pCO2 – end-tidal CO2
- one foot balance seconds
- ambient temperature at which distress is reported – still pretty subjective
- scores on games like chess or 2048?
- ability to do mental arithmetic? A lot of my symptoms, when bad enough, impair my cognition. The thing is, as I practice I will naturally improve my ability.
- blood glucose/blood tests in general (but most tests need to be scheduled/ordered by a doctor)
- Number of seconds to swallow (for a fixed food/amount)
- body weight
going by symptoms:
breathing:
- spirometry
- N/AS/AF scheme that I came up with is kind of there
Hunger attack: ???
Anxiety: ???
Heat sensitivity:
- sweat volume?
Gut:
- stool frequency, color, size, texture, float vs sink, clear vs murky water, etc.
eyesight: