What is Environmental Health?
Environmental Medicine is the specialty that deals with the after-effects of our total interaction with our environment and that of our environment on us. It establishes the cause of being unwell. There are three most essential factors required for an environment to function effectively and efficiently. These are air, water, and food.
The environment could simply be defined as:
- The air we breathe could be polluted with chemicals of all kinds and all particulate matter in the air, which could have significant impact on our wellbeing: pollen, dust, mould, dander, fumes.
- What we eat or take in or put into or on our bodies could have significant impact on our wellbeing: such as food, water and other forms of fluids, drugs, nutrients, food additives, cosmetics, clothing’s etc.
- Our internal environment, which includes organisms that live in mutually beneficial with us could also have significant impact on our wellbeing (bacteria, viruses, yeast, mycoplasma, parasites), hormones, and other things that are internal, such as stress
We at Stemax Consult Healthcare Services strive to assist clients return to that state of normal health by addressing their problems as they relate to the environment.
We will go the extra mile to provide a brief pre-consultation for other health-related concerns associated with your nutrition and health, highlighted in your nutritional consultation.
We ensure to engage you all the way and jointly agreeing on a bespoke treatment route and investigations, we are able to strive toward addressing your concern.
What is Environmental Medicine?
Environmental Medicine is the specialty that deals with the after-effects of our total interaction with our environment and that of our environment on us. It establishes the cause of being unwell. There are three most essential for an environment to function effectively and efficiently. These are air, water, and food.
The environment could simply be defined as:
- The air we breathe could be polluted with chemicals of all kinds and all particulate matter in the air, which could have significant impact on our wellbeing: pollen, dust, mould, dander, fumes.
- What we eat or take in or put into or on our bodies could have significant impact on our wellbeing: such as food, water and other forms of fluids, drugs, nutrients, food additives, cosmetics, clothing’s etc.
- Our internal environment, which includes organisms that live in mutually beneficial with us could also have significant impact on our wellbeing (bacteria, viruses, yeast, mycoplasma, parasites), hormones, and other things that are internal, such as stress
We at Stemax Consult Healthcare Services strive to assist clients return to that state of normal health by addressing their problems as they relate to the environment.
We will go the extra mile to provide a brief pre-consultation for other health-related concerns associated with your nutrition and health, highlighted in your nutritional consultation.
We ensure to engage you all the way and jointly agreeing on a bespoke treatment route and investigations, we are able to strive toward addressing your concern.
What We Do?
What Is Lyme Disease?
Borrelia burgdorferi otherwise known as Lyme disease is a bacterial infection, which is transmitted primarily through tick bites from an infected tick or blood borne pathogens to humans. The infection can lead to problems with the skin, heart, brain, and joints.
Tick-borne infections are zoonotic—meaning they are passed from animals to humans. “Vectors” like ticks, mosquitoes and fleas transmit the diseases from animals like mice, rats, and squirrels to humans when they bite. Ticks can carry many bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoans all at the same time and transmit them in a single bite.
Lyme Disease Facts
Lyme disease is caused by bacteria transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected tick or other blood-feeding insect.
7 to 10 days after an infected insect’s bite, the first stage of Lyme disease begins with flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, fatigue, muscle aches and joint pain.
Neurological complications most often occur in the second stage of Lyme disease.
Complications include numbness, pain, weakness, visual disturbances, and meningitis symptoms such as fever, stiff neck, and severe headaches.
Weeks, months, or years after a tick bite, other problems, such as difficulty with concentration, irritability, depression, fatigue, muscle pain, memory and/or sleep disorders and nerve damage may occur.
If a bite has not been noticed, these symptoms often get misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue or psychiatric problems.
There is controversy over the testing of Lyme disease. Serological tests may not pick it up, leading to falsely negative diagnosis.
Clinical diagnoses of borreliosis may be made but it is helpful to have other laboratory evidence of infection.
What are the signs & symptoms?
The presence of a “bull’s eye like rash” circular rash, otherwise known as Erythema chronicum migrans, is a clear indication that the tick was infected and treatment should commence immediately. However, sometimes later a chronic rash can occur, with fever, headache and pain in the muscles and joints, while in some situation some infected people may not experience any noticeable symptoms at the time of infection. Some people do not receive treatment and forget about the bite and many years later develop symptoms of infection.
Some people don’t have any symptoms at all when they get infected. When symptoms do happen, they can vary from person to person:
Lyme disease can result in any or all of the following symptoms;
- Neurologic issues including cognitive dysfunction
- Memory loss
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Chest pain
- Shortness of breath
- Difficulty sleeping
- Dissociated from body and environment
- Mental Health symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and mood swings
After a person becomes infected with borreliosis by a tick or other blood-feeding insect, the person may develop a resulting skin rash. This characteristic “bull’s eye” circular rash, called erythema migrans, is a clear indication that the tick was infected and treatment should start immediately. However, sometimes later a chronic rash can occur, with fever, headache and pain in the muscles and joints and some infected people may not experience any noticeable symptoms at the time of infection. Some people do not receive treatment and forget about the infecting bite and many years later develop symptoms of infection.
Without treatment, the symptoms can last for weeks or even longer. Sometimes serious complications may occur several years later including arthritis, heart problems, nervous system problems and/or neurological abnormalities.
Unfortunately, the many common symptoms lead to many cases of borreliosis being undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Many undiagnosed sufferers have been told that the symptoms are just in their heads.
Identifying Lyme disease/chronic borreliosis
Treatment outcome
The treatment outcome of managing Lyme infection in a confirmed case, relies on certain information from the individual which includes a confirmed serological result, duration of infection, the number of bites, the strength of the person’s immune system and his/her detoxification capacity.
If you believe you have Lyme disease/chronic borreliosis, contact us on 01908032992 to book an appointment.
Laboratory testing
The treatment outcome of Lyme disease depends on numerous factors including the duration of infection, the number of bites, the strength of the person’s immune system and his/her detoxification capacity.
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What’s Glycan age health?
Glycan Age is your key to healthy ageing. It is one of the biological age test that accurately measures your unique response to lifestyle change.
Stemax Clinic has been selected as a center for investigation and management of all glycan related conditions.
Is Glycan Age for you?
Glycan Age reveals the age of your immune system. Self-knowledge inspires change – it’s time you take control of your health.
Glycan Age is perfect if you are:
Making lifestyle improvements You are starting to make lifestyle improvements and looking to take a preventative approach to your health.
Interested in ageing well You care about ageing well and staying healthy and want to measure your progress in doing so.
Bouncing back from stress of a major life event such as the loss of a loved one, a divorce or illness.
Measuring fitness recovery you care about your body and your fitness, and want to measure the effectiveness of your workouts.
Simply hungry for science You want to know more about what your glycans say about your lifestyle choices.
Looking to compare results You are looking to compare results with close friends or family.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
- Choose A Plan
Choose from various plans and payment options which come with tailored advice from our specialists. Receive your test kit with everything you need through your letterbox.
Cancer is a ticking time bomb globally. Every year about 18 million women and men are diagnosed with various cancers including carcinomas, sarcomas, neuroendocrine tumors, melanomas. These cancers are also associated with about 9 million deaths.
This translates into roughly 34 cancer cases being detected and 18 cancer related deaths every minute. Annually, these cancers contribute to: ~2.1 million newly diagnosed cases and 550,000 deaths in the US. ~4.1 million newly diagnosed cases and 1.8 million deaths in Europe (including the UK). ~1.2 million newly diagnosed cases and 760,000 deaths in India.
Due to changes in lifestyle as well as other risk factors, these numbers are stated to increase in the future. Detecting Cancer Early is vital to saving lives. Studies have shown that early detection of cancer improves survival rates. TM Trucheck is a blood test that can enable early detection of multiple cancers in asymptomatic individuals.
