Sinus Congestion

Sinus Congestion in Apple Health stores a reported symptom with a severity label. It is not a measurement of airflow, sinus pressure or the extent of an infection.

Apple uses HKCategoryValueSeverity for this type. Unspecified is not the same as notPresent, and a missing record is neither. The integers identify labels; numerical averages and physiological reference ranges do not apply.

No. The category records a symptom rather than a diagnosis. Its labels do not identify an infection, document imaging findings or specify which sinus is affected. Notes about the sensation and its effect on daily activities can make the history more informative without changing the category value.

Runny Nose and Headache are separate reports. Preserve them independently instead of using one category as a substitute for the others.

A move from mild to moderate is a change in the reported label, not a calibrated change in pressure or airflow. Compare like sources and show the recorded labels directly. Averaging the codes hides the difference between unspecified severity, explicitly absent symptoms and reported symptoms.

A gap in the history gives no information about congestion. An explicit notPresent observation provides a different kind of evidence from an unlogged day.

This is a logged symptom, with no fixed sensor sampling schedule. Start-to-start gaps describe when observations were saved. A sample’s start and end times describe the interval supplied by its source; their difference does not establish the full duration of a clinical episode. Repeated or overlapping records need review before counting episodes.

This category is not currently listed in the PulsHealth sync catalog. No observations were present in the reviewed user data, so recorded severity frequencies, source differences and logging intervals could not be measured. That database coverage does not establish whether entries exist in Apple Health.