HOLISTIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT AT THE WELLNESS PHARMACY TOWER BRIDGE LONDONMillions of people across the country are at risk of developing heart disease, which may seem alarming. What most people don’t realise is that it can be often prevented by taking some simple steps to look after your heart. Our Holistic Health Check gives you the opportunity to find out if your heart is as healthy as it could be. • We check your cholesterol and triglycerides, HbA1c & Fasting Glucose marker for diabetes, blood pressure, heart rate variability (to look at your autonomic nervous system adaptability) and body composition. • We discuss your results. • We offer you a personalised lifestyle advice such as diet plans, exercise & stress management. DIABETES RISK MARKERSDiabetes constitutes a heavy burden for the patient and society. It is associated with many complications and increased mortality. We offer a monitoring system for the measurement of HbA1c blood levels; an important parameter in glucose control. Haemoglobin A1c, often abbreviated HbA1c, is a form of hHaemoglobin (a blood pigment that carries oxygen) that is bound to glucose. The blood test for HbA1c level is routinely performed in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Blood HbA1c levels are reflective of how well diabetes is controlled. For people without diabetes, the normal range for the haemoglobin A1c level is between 4% and 5.6%. Haemoglobin A1c levels between 5.7% and 6.4% mean you have a higher chance of getting diabetes. Levels of 6.5% or higher mean you have diabetes. We simplify monitoring of any type of diabetes facilitating treatment management and prevention of late complications. It may also increase the patient’s motivation to comply with treatment and lifestyle changes to optimise prognosis. CARDIOVASCUALR RISK MARKERSLipid Profile Dyslipidaemia describes abnormal amounts of cholesterol and/or triglycerides in blood. It is one of many risk factors such as smoking, diabetes, hypertension, age, or family history of early heart disease that can lead to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Generally, dyslipidaemia occurs when any of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol or triglycerides is elevated or HDL cholesterol is low. We measure your Blood Pressure here also. BODY COMPOSITION USING BIO-IMPEDANCEBio-impedance. The Human Body and Impedance Body composition is a method of describing what the body is made of. It includes fat, protein, minerals and body water. It also describes weight more accurately than BMI. Body composition analysis can accurately show changes in fat mass, muscle mass and body fat%age. This can help validate services like personal training, patient care and corporate wellness. Body composition is a valuable tool used to understand overweight patients or patients with risk factors associated with diabetes. It provides information such as Body Fat Percentage, total body water, lean body mass and visceral fat area. Visceral fat area having an important contribution to diabetics because of the strong association between high visceral fat levels, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ANALYSIS USING HEART RATE VARIABILITY TO ASSESS STRESSANS Analysis is a very simple and fast method to show how well our body’s primary control centre the Autonomic Nervous System is working and performing its regulatory duties. ANS Analysis measures the degree of fluctuations in length of intervals between heart beats. For healthy people, HRV shows a fluctuation in heart rate (demonstrating adaptability to environment) while unhealthy people have a simple and consistent heart rate. HRV measures the adaptability of the cardiovascular system and the autonomic nervous system. |