Health assessment

2009-11-14T03:59:00.000-08:00

Health Assessment for early detection of arterial hypertension
According to the 2004 World Health Organization report, high blood pressure is the primary cause of premature death. In fact, 13% of all deaths can be associated with high blood pressure. There is a growing tendency of people suffering from hypertension. In USA alone, 24% of the adult population suffers from arterial hypertension symptoms.
What is the cause of hypertension? Are there any signs that can help discover and diagnose the problem at an early stage? What health assessment tools exist for that?
Health Assessment and hypertension. Hypertension can be of two different types. The causes of essential (primary) hypertension have not yet been determined, while secondary hypertension usually results from various sicknesses. Secondary hypertension is quite rare and can be found in only 5-10% of all arterial hypertension cases. The prognosis for essential hypertension is usually based on the list factors which include:
• Hereditary factors. If arterial hypertension was present in relatives, then it likely to appear among other family members.
• Age. The increase in arterial pressure often develops in people over the age of 35. In fact, the older the person, the higher his blood pressure.
• Stress. Under stress the heart beats faster, pumping greater amount of blood and raising the blood pressure. If stress continues for a long period of time, the constantly elevated pressure will wear out the arteries and the high arterial pressure will become chronic.

Sedentary lifestyle, bad habits, atherosclerosis, obesity.
Hypertension development in health assessment. However, the organism has a more effective way of determining the development of hypertension – the changes in the sensitivity of baroreceptors. Baroreceptors are special sensors situated in the aorta arch (aorta is the largest artery in the human body) and carotid arteries that are sensitive to the changes in blood pressure. In general the role of baroreceptors can be described as follows:
Baroreceptors react to changes in arterial pressure and send signals to the brain which in turn launches a mechanism to stabilize and balance the changes. In a healthy organism these mechanisms work normally and return the pressure to its baseline level. However, if factors that cause the pressure to rise sustain, the sensitivity of the baroreceptors becomes worse over time and they eventually adapt to the new level of pressure. Hence, a reduction in baroreceptors sensitivity can be considered as an early sign of hypertension.
Health assessment with heart rate variability technologies. Until now, there were no widely available methods for determining the baroreceptors sensitivity. However, with the increased amount of research in the field of Heart rate variability enough data was collected in order to develop such a method. This HRV based method is based on a physiological phenomenon of changes in heart rate due to changes of arterial pressure. A short-term drop of blood pressure causes an increase in heart rate. Likewise, when blood pressure raises the heart rate drops. The greater baroreceptors sensitivity is the higher is the amplitude of heart rate fluctuations.
Health Assessment tools. A test for determining the baroreceptors sensitivity is one the components of the Heart Rhythm Scanner developed by Biocom Technologies. This health assessment tool is necessary for specialists working in the field of health. Using this test is highly recommended for determining the risks of developing arterial hypertension.
It is much easier to prevent sickness rather than treating it. The following preventive measures are well-known: physical activities, low sodium and fat diets, psychological relaxation and abstinence from bad habits. The sooner preventive measures are taken, the easier it is to avoid sickness. The availability of the baroreceptors sensitivity test gives a real opportunity to switch to preventative concept rather than having disease management as a main focus of treating this health condition.
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