In this modern world,
stress is a part of everyday life. But undue stress may harm the immune system of our body and leave us vulnerable to all types of physical ailments. A stress test is as important as routine medical check up.
Following are some ways to test your stress level
Rate yourself according to the following queries
The more number of ‘yes’ means the more prone you are to stress!
Do you suffer from any of these symptoms? Give one point to each ‘yes’ answer and o for a negative ‘no’ answer
- Do you experience faster or irregular heart beat?
- Do you feel restless?
- Do you feel hot or warm, even in cold or pleasant climatic conditions?
- Do you sweat a lot?
- Do you take lot of tensions?
- Do you have a dry feeling in your mouth?
- Do your muscles feel tight and tensed up?
- Do you suffer from IBS?
- Do you have constant heart burn?
- Are you tired easily?
- Do you have constant headaches and panic attacks?
- Are you always having cold?
- Are you an obsessive perfectionist?
- Do you get frequent flu?
- Are you uncomfortable in the company of others?
- Do you have loss of appetite, or an unusual increase in appetite?
- Are you a workaholic?
- Do you get frequent back pains and leg cramps?
- Do you suffer from sleeping disorder?
- Do you have memory loss?
- Do you feel very self-conscious?
- Do you feel depressed?
- Do you have any sex-related problems?
Nuclear Stress test
You may also take a nuclear
stress test, which may help you to measure the exact quantity of blood flow to your artery muscles, both during relaxed times and during tensed period of your life. It is very much same to a routine stress test, but with pictures, electro cardiograms and slide shows.
During nuclear stress test, you are injected with radioactive particles, which further travels to the heart. The scanner creates the pictures of your artery muscles. The heart region with inadequate blood flow may be marked as a lighter spot on the images formed.
Cardiac stress test
In this the patient is attached to a heart machine known as ECG, the blood pressure cuffs are pinned on the arm. After the ECG is obtained, the patient is asked to do mild exercise like walking on a treadmill, which is graded every 3 minutes. The level of exercise is slowly increased and the
blood pressure and ECG recordings are done.
Adenosine stress test
It is mainly to determine heart blockages or disorder. Adenosine is a drug that acts like you have done good exercise. It is recommended for old people who cannot perform normal exercise to diagnose
stress level. During such a test an expert cardiologist, medical technologist, and nurse will remain beside the patient. There are certain rules and food limitations to be followed hours before you take an adenosine stress test.
