Oh no im so so sorry I delt with that too. I ended up with some scars from a reaction to the adhesive. I would call and ask the cardiologist if you can place anything on your skin since it may interrupt the connection or react with the adhesive.

No advice but I found out I'm mildly allergic to the adhesive during one of those. But the time they took it off o had little blisters and it felt like it was burning :( they didn't say anything about it

Is this a normal POTS thing to be sensitive to adhesive?

I was told mine was from my MCAS. I dont really know for sure.

I’m so sorry!! I don’t have any advice except changing it a bit more frequently then recommended and taking the adhesives off when showering! I had to wear one for 30 days and I managed to get covid while wearing it! I am quite allergic to adhesives and would find little itchy bumps on the spots where the adhesives were! It’s definitely not fun but it’s for the best!

switch to the hanging one- it’s dumb but worth it. for me, mild irritation at the beginning turned into horrible blisters by the second week!

Right so there's no way to directly reply to comments? Ok.. POTS wouldn't cause a skin reaction to adhesive, though MCAS can be the culprit. Allergies and reactions to adhesive is ridiculously common even outside the two.

I had to do the same!! It was irritating physically and emotionally tbh. I would scratch around the area. Put lotion around the area. And when in doubt reapply a new adhesive after exfoliating your chest.

Thank you all so much!! Y’all are saving my sanity! I might just make it through this thing without crying haha. Thank you again! ❤️

I have MCAS and the adhesive really bothered me on my one day holter monitor, I’m doing a 7 day one soon. I was able to ask for adhesive that isn’t as much of a irritant

So I got hypoallergenic adhesive for this but they’re giving me hives. The original adhesives gave me really bad blisters (bleeding, swollen) so I was allowed a few day break and given sensitive skin patches instead. I’m still reacting and I use lotion around them to try to soothe them and take Benadryl. I have two more weeks of this. I’m at a loss. I’m going to look into MCAS to see if that could explain some things for me. I just wanted to update y’all.

I eventually had to just say I can’t no more. I had to get a implanted loop recorder to help catch my issues.

oh no! i got really bad blisters from mine! you can normally use the “hanging one” maybe ask for that option bc of your experience?