Apparatus to assess generalized health using a biochemical catabolism marker

A method for operating an apparatus to assess generalized health in a patient comprising:

• measuring transdermally, by a monitor, repeatedly at different times a quantity of urea as a biochemical catabolism marker in a patient;
• storing, by a controller, the measurements in a log as entries associated with the patient, each measurement having a time stamp associated with the respective measurement;
• analyzing, by the controller, the stored measurements by comparing the quantity of urea across the plurality of log entries;
• declaring, by the controller, an abnormality when a recent entry is different from previous log entries;
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• determining, by the controller, an alert condition regarding the patient.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for measuring transdermally repeatedly at different times a quantity of a urea as a biochemical catabolism marker in a patient to obtain multiple measured quantities;
• means for storing the multiple quantities in a log associated with the patient each measurement having a time stamp associated with the respective measurement;
• means for determining a urea value of the patient based on variations in the multiple measured quantities of urea in the patient;
• means for declaring an abnormality regarding the patient if the determined urea value is above a threshold;
• means for generating an alert indicating the abnormality, in which the alert does not indicate any particular illness or disease;
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• means for sending the alert to the patient to advise the patient to determine a cause of the alert.

An apparatus comprising:

• a sensor to repeatedly measure transdermally a presence of urea as a biochemical catabolism marker in a patient to obtain multiple measured quantities;
• a log to store the repeated measurements and a time stamp associated with each measurement;
• a processor to analyze multiple measurements within the log by comparing measurements to each other to determine whether there is an abnormality regarding the patient;
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• a transmitter to send an alert when an abnormality regarding the patient is determined.