Aldehydes are a vital biomarker in understanding a patient's general health from a biochemical perspective
By Daniel J. Murphy, DC, and Bhairavi Parikh, PhD | Chiroeco.com
Diagnosing chiropractic conditions is most frequently done through patient history, clinical examination, and medical imaging. Since most chiropractic patients seek care for musculoskeletal issues, lab testing is not as commonly used by chiropractors as other medical disciplines.
With the growing focus on whole-body care and nutritional supplements, however, wellness testing is becoming a larger part of today’s chiropractic practice. One of the newer wellness biomarkers is non-invasive and, to the surprise of many patients, can be found in their breath.
The breath contains more than 1,000 individual components within the “exhaled breath condensate,” including molecular gases, volatile organic compounds, and aerosolized droplets, which can be identified through mass spectrometry and gas chromatography. Recent advances in capturing and condensing the exhaled breath have allowed scientists to reliably capture breath compounds in the parts-per-billion range. Many of these biomarker compounds have equivalent sensitivity and specificity for breath testing as with blood or urine testing.
For the layperson, this means that breath testing for certain compounds can be as good as blood testing.
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Pulse Health was established in 2006 to deliver breakthrough breath technologies that can better identify health risks through the superior measurement of key biomarkers. Pulse Health has a science advisory board of nine physicians and scientists from around the world, representing the leaders in exhaled breath diagnostics, pulmonary disease, immunology, nutrition and biopharmaceuticals. Pulse Health’s Revelar™ is the first non-invasive device that measures aldehydes, known indicators of free radical damage. Revelar helps healthcare professionals test for damage caused by aldehydes and provides people insight to better impact their health and wellness. Revelar is available to healthcare professionals through www.myrevelar.com and also at www.facebook.com/pulsehealth and www.twitter.com/myrevelar
