ALLOSTATIC OVERLOAD - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Q & A - Email questions sent in by interested persons, and the answers provided by the site administrator.
Email: In 2005 the RMA rejected the submission that Stress (in Allostatic Overload) could cause Hypertension.
Reply: I cannot deduct from your email whether you had made an application for a disability pension citing stress has caused your hypertension or that you were taking exception to something you read on the webpage regarding hypertension.
Perhaps if I explain Allostatic overload as the human fight or flight (stress) response being overloaded for such a length of time that the body can no longer manage to return to a normal regulation you might understand. To have the body in that roused state for perhaps a year at a time as happens in combat situations causes heightened releases of stress hormones and chemicals and when the combat is over and the person tries to return to normal life the off switch is stuck on, leaving the body in overdrive. I believe that this must have an effect on the function of the human body but there has been no rational research into the effect of long term traumatic stress on humans.
As for the RMA rejecting Stress as a factor in Hypertension - the latest SOP for those with eligible service does have a factor that accepts a diagnosis of Anxiety disorders and depression as contributing factors to Hypertension.
Mac
Email: Syd, I think you should look at our website www.allostatix.com, I believe that we have certainly created the test to predict PTSD using a blood and biometric test.
Reply: Thank you for your contact, I have viewed your web page and it appears you have developed something worthwhile - I am certainly interested in anything that measures the biological implications of stress. My major motivation in setting up my web page was to stimulate meaningful research into the long-term biological effects of chronic extreme stress such as that experienced by front line workers; be it in roles similar to that of paramedical, police, emergency or front line combat troops.
Much of the current research is done long after the event and is undertaken when the biological damage appears in the guise of body system diseases. This research does not often include comprehensive blood chemical studies. I believe there should be meaningful research done at the coal face to ascertain what is actually occurring biologically before; during; and after a period of traumatic stress.
Perhaps with some answers to those questions we can start to protect our frontline workers from harm.
Mac
Syd McLeod
The Challenge
Are you objective?
Do you have an open mind?
Can you think outside the box of your speciality?
Do you understand the effects on homeostasis of Allostatic Load?
You will need to if you are to come to terms with Allostatic Overload as it affects all aspects of the human body.
Have you ever thought that there might be areas of your study or speciality that might be influenced by Allostatic Load or Overload?
Have you realised that there was not as much attention paid to the criteria parameters of a human study that would guarantee a flawed or predetermined result.
Do you know how and who can have an AO problem, most people have no idea of the scale of the problem. It is extremely important in control groups and that is why many results are unclear or flawed outright.
If so send a paper and share it.
Together we hope to add to the increasing body of knowledge of the effects of long term stress (Allostatic overload) on human body systems in order to force meaningful research into the problem.
Contact us Here
Are you objective?
Do you have an open mind?
Can you think outside the box of your speciality?
Do you understand the effects on homeostasis of Allostatic Load?
You will need to if you are to come to terms with Allostatic Overload as it affects all aspects of the human body.
Have you ever thought that there might be areas of your study or speciality that might be influenced by Allostatic Load or Overload?
Have you realised that there was not as much attention paid to the criteria parameters of a human study that would guarantee a flawed or predetermined result.
Do you know how and who can have an AO problem, most people have no idea of the scale of the problem. It is extremely important in control groups and that is why many results are unclear or flawed outright.
If so send a paper and share it.
Together we hope to add to the increasing body of knowledge of the effects of long term stress (Allostatic overload) on human body systems in order to force meaningful research into the problem.
Contact us Here
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