Capillary Scope : Marquis - 2

As a general physician, I see many patients whose cholesterol level are normal, but suffer from myocardial infarction or apoplexy. On the contrary, even with high cholesterol some people never have any vascular problems. LDL, triglyceride, fibrin, Lipoprotein (a), C-reactive protein, homocysteine are all useful markers for cardiac diseases. But with a perfect profile of these factors some people still have serious heart attacks or cerebral infarction. Why?  Yet with terrible ratios of LDL and HDL, obesity, no exercise, some people are quite healthy. Why?  Our modern medicine seems to have missed some important markers.

Please see the pictures. These rod-like pictures are capillaries of the nailfold of the third finger. You can see the blood cells circulating through the capillaries. The circulation is smooth, and the person of these capillaries is very healthy. But his total cholesterol is 280 mg/dl which is  higher than normal range, and his triglyceride is 310 mg/dl which is also much higher than normal. And the level of homocysteine is also high. He is 56 years old, hardly exercises, (is) slightly obese, but he has never experienced any cardiac or cerebral diseases.

I think what is most important for the prognosis of vascular diseases such as cardiac diseases or apoplexy is the blood circulation itself. If the circulation is OK, the probability of cardiac and cerebral diseases is minimized. If not, even if we have good profile of cholesterol, lipoprotein (a), homocystein, etc., then we are inclined to get such diseases.

The blood circulation through the capillaries at the nailfold can be considered to roughly represent the state and shape of the capillaries of the whole body. In other words by this simple tool we can infer the vascular state much more directly than any markers obtained by blood analysis. Of course I don‘t deny the importance of markers such as HDL-LDL ratio, triglyceride, lipoprotein(a), C-reactive protein, and homocysteine. But these makers are indirectly connected to vascular state. 

　　Our body has more than 5 billion capillaries. Then you understand how important capillaries are. We tend to think the heart is the most important organ for blood circulation. But this is deadly wrong.  First the capillaries, then the heart. The heart should not be considered as the main pump. It is a regulatory sack or tank for blood circulation. The true circulating force of blood is suction force of 5 billions capillaries. Our modern cardiology has been based upon wrong assumption that the heart is the main pump. That is why modern medicine often can`t treat vascular diseases properly. We need a Copernican revolution-like new view that capillaries are more powerful than the heart. For too long time, as the most important organ in cardiology, capillaries have been ignored. That is why thousands of people suffer from cardiac diseases in spite of the amazing advance of modern medicine. Our mainstream medicine has been steering the wrong way.

  This simple tool, which is composed of a microscope and light gives us useful information about not only vascular problems but also other health problems such as diabetes and  allergic predisposition. The capillaries of the patients with strong allergic predisposition show a very characteristic pattern. Diabetics as well have characteristic patterns.. And sometimes we can infer even malignancy. Cancer patients show very often quite abnormal figures of capillaries even when the cancer cells are still dormant. This simple tool is very versatile in its abilities.

And if the capillaries show any deformations or abnormal blood flow, it is possible to amend them by proper treatments such as vitamins and minerals. Surprisingly, sometimes,  even within 2 or 3 weeks they improve very much. And with this simple tool you can observe these changes directly.

Tokyo Big Sight in Japan : Tool Event Show 13-11-2006