Using eye wand with pacmaker

Had pacemaker 2018. ( All Good ) 

Just purchased a heated eye wand to try and cure my dry eye condition.

On receiving purchase have read the instructions which say don't use with pacemaker with cardiac defibrillator . I haven't got defibrillator so would this be ok if I keep it six inches away from my pacemaker 

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Magnets and eye wands

by Gotrhythm - 2023-09-02 12:28:21

You don't have a defribrillator, so you're good to go.

The 6 inch rule of thumb is a good guideline, but the truth is, magnets don't represent much of a danger to those of us will plain ol' pacemakers. While theoretically a magnet could affect our pacemaker, if it did, it wouldn't do anything to damage either us or the pacemaker. Our pacemakers are built to take a brush with a magnet in stride.

Another member shared a Youtube about magnets a few days ago. You might want to look for the post.

Hope the eye wand works. Let us know if it does.

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