Knowledge about potential diseases helps to prevent them - Conference on longevity medicine in Yerevan

«Everyone wants to live long, but no one wants to be old», - these words of Jonathan Swift, refrained at the conference of November 28^th «From hormone phobia to hormone philia» within the frame of « Medicine of longevity and quality of life» will probably become the motto of Armenian association of anti-age medicine. This is the fourth conference on this topic: «Anti-age medicine is the medicine of future», told the president of Armenian anti-age association, Head of antenatal clinics of the Medical Center «NathaliPharm Malatia» Inna Persoyan. «Very soon the medicine will become preventive and urgent (surgical intervention). The second is for unpredictable case. There should not be medicine, curing chronic diseases; at all ... We often talk about prevention of diseases. However, often it comes down to preventive diagnosis, determining, for example, cancer in the early stages. But the role of anti-age medicine is to prevent disease initially, on the symptomatic level. Perhaps in Armenia it sounds a bit fantastic, but identifying the human genetic code and learning about the potential inherent in the disease, it may be timely to prevent them, even before they occur, making certain program in which to live. Genetic code is determined once in a lifetime, because the mutation is not a hormone and not an infection, which may vary. It is necessary to consult once a year with your doctor and check blood clotting», - she said.

Unfortunately, the specialists, who could correctly read the results of the analysis (analysis on some groups of genes of genetic code are done at the Institute of genetics), in Armenia are missing. On the logical question, then why do analysis on genetic code, which are rather expensive, Inna Persoyan answered: «Association exists more than 10 years (first it consisted only of gynecologists and was called Association of gynecologist-endocrinologists, now it is enlarged and the name, consequently, has changed). But this trend in medicine, we started two years ago, and it has largely succeeded through the active work not only with the doctors, but also with the public. And even today, with a deficit of specialists, it is possible to prevent the disease from birth adhering to a certain food, taking into account these or other possible diseases. Diet is not limiting of nutrition for losing weight. Diet is a right nutrition. And, reducing the calories of our food, we can extend the life from 30 to 50 years. According to data of genetic code, it is possible to define, for example, which vitamins are contraindicated, can the person become vegetarian, on which production he (she) cannot work …I am sorry to say, that not everyone today can afford such an analysis, but I think, that with the lapse of time he will be on a par with the rest. Besides, the genetic code can be defined step by step, by the groups of genes. And it is possible to do that from the very birth of the baby. But, oddly enough, in practice I found that mothers today do not want to be aware of the potential diseases of their children», - complains Inna Persoyan.

Reports of the speakers - specialists in different medical fields - were devoted to the main theme of the conference – hormone phobia and hormone philia. MD, head of the department of maternal and reproductive health of the Ministry of Health of Armenia Gayane Avagyan told about taking hormones at menopause period. On the function of hormones in the prevention of osteoporosis spoke MD, Professor Karine Arustamian, of differential diagnosis, and treatment strategies of dysuria, read his report PhD, Head of Department of General and Oncological Urology of “Shengavit” medical center Ruben Hovhannisyan.

«Geroprotectors: it is a separate subject of anti-age medicine. These are the preparations that enable to keep youth and long life, and, the most important one – its quality. One of geroprotectors is hormone replacement therapy, which is the topic of our today’s conference within the frame of «Longevity medicine», - tells Inna Persoyan, indignantly: «I don’t know why today people panic, hearing about hormones. Perhaps a few years ago, when the hormones were used in large quantities, this fear was justified. But now this area is so studied, and the dosage of hormones is so small that their fear is in vane», - concludes Inna Persoyan reassuring.

Yana Avchiyan