NU #6
Medical Screeing/Monitoring Watch
Arlene Buan-Gerona
Watches or bracelets nowadays are not only being use as fashion accessories but becoming innovatively useful for different technological innovations like a bracelet with a GPS tracking device,a watch that is supposed to monitor the heart rate of the runners, etc. With all these present functions, why not extend it uses--Why not invent a watch that will function as a medical screening and monitoring tool. There are just so many things to watch out for in our body, there are many medical laboratory tests required in monitoring our health conditions. The following are the essential ones and can be included in the medical watch monitoring/screening proposal:
1.Electrolyte Tests ( Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, Calcium )
2.Basic Blood Chemistry ( Blood Urea Nitrogen, Creatinine, Glucose )
3. Lipid Profile ( Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Uric acid )
The monitoring of the above substances are being done thru blood tests. These are the common electrolytes and minerals that help keep the body's fluid levels in balance, and are necessary to help the muscles, heart, kidney and other organs work properly.
I challenge our medical researchers/inventors to come up with a single product like a medical watch that can monitor these important electrolytes With a medical watch product, we don't have to buy different testing kits/ apparatus for different tests; we don't have to go to laboratories and hospitals, and spend much for these lab tests. More importantly, we are constantly reminded of our health conditions; we are readily informed and this can translate to a healthier life style. I would love to wear watch that will alarm whenever I have an excess intake of salts, cholesterol, sugar, etc.. 4
No need for a laboratory test; I will save money and time! And no needles! :)
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