If there is a health indicator that modern people are most resistant to when looking at the physical examination report, blood lipids must be counted as one. As the “number one garbage” in blood vessels, excessive blood lipids have long been the main driver of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Although people are afraid of it, it is the most common.
According to the “Beijing 2020 Annual Physical Examination Statistical Report”, which covers 3.53 million health examination data, it is pointed out that dyslipidemia is the abnormal indicator with the highest detection rate.
There may be 7 manifestations of elevated blood lipids
“China Cardiovascular Disease Report” shows that there are at least 200 million patients with dyslipidemia in China, and most of them have no obvious symptoms. , the blood vessels are unknowingly damaged. Therefore, early detection of “clues” of hyperlipidemia is more helpful for us to prevent disease hazards –
01Dizziness, insomnia, memory loss
This is a common early stage of hyperlipidemia One of the symptoms, especially the middle-aged and elderly people, often feels dizzy after getting up in the morning, which can be improved after breakfast, and it is easy to feel sleepy in the afternoon.
02 Yellow or reddish-brown nodules and plaques appear on the body
When blood lipids exceed the standard, the eyelids, back of hands, finger joints, elbow joints, knee joints and other parts will appear yellow and orange or brown-red nodules, plaques, or rashes.
03 Loss of vision or blindness
The increase of triglycerides in the blood, the slowing of the flow rate, the leakage of lipoproteins from the capillaries and the invasion of the macula will affect the vision.
04 Loss of appetite
The formation of fatty liver or liver function problems, resulting in loss of appetite, may also be one of the signals of hyperlipidemia.
05Recurrent episodes of transient abdominal pain after a meal
It can be seen in mesenteric arteriosclerotic gastrointestinal ischemia caused by hyperlipidemia.
06Frequent tinnitus and hard of hearing
High blood lipids can make the narrower blood vessels in the inner ear narrower and make it difficult to supply blood.
07Frequent leg cramps or cold, numb calf
This may be a sign of cholesterol building up in the leg muscles. If you feel significantly worse, you need to conduct a blood lipid test in time.
The high-fat trap in the diet
An important cause of dyslipidemia is the intemperance of diet and overeating. But now people have realized the dangers of high-fat diets and turned to light diets, but why do blood lipids still rise? This may be because you have stepped into a high-fat trap——
01Excessive consumption of nuts
Nuts mainly contain plant sterols, which can inhibit the absorption of animal sterols. Moderate consumption can regulate blood lipids, but excessive consumption of nuts will increase the total calories, which can easily lead to hyperlipidemia.
02 Eat too much fruit
Some fruits contain too much sugar. If you eat too much, it will not only increase blood sugar, but also easily increase a lot of fat reserves, causing blood lipid fluctuations or rise.
03 The cooking oil is too big
The oil mainly contains fatty acids, especially some oils with more saturated fatty acids. Excessive intake will increase triglycerides and cholesterol, and make the liver metabolize Decrease in ability.
04 The staple food is not controlled
One of the causes of increased blood lipids is eating too much carbohydrates.
These excess energy will be converted into fat in the human body. If you like to eat sweets, you should also pay attention to the problem of blood lipids.
05Excessive drinking
Long-term excessive drinking also affects the metabolism of fat. Once fatty liver develops, the liver’s ability to metabolize fat decreases, so patients who drink alcohol are also prone to increased blood lipids.
Experts remind everyone that there are 3 misunderstandings about hyperlipidemia:
1. Fat people get hyperlipidemia?
It is true that obese people are more likely to be recruited, but thin people are not completely safe.
Because, thin people may also be affected by genetics, environment and diseases and suffer from high blood lipids.
2. Blood viscosity is high blood lipids?
Blood viscosity refers to the increase of formed components in the blood and the slowing of blood flow rate. There are many influencing factors, such as: increased platelets, increased plasma protein, high blood sugar, and high blood lipids.
Hyperlipidemia is only one of the reasons, and they cannot be equated.
3. Can the drug be stopped when blood lipids are lowered?
Lipid-lowering therapy is long-term, and when blood lipids fall to the standard range, the drug cannot be stopped immediately.
Because the reference values in the biochemical report are only for normal healthy people, and people at high risk of cardiovascular disease should be stratified according to different risks to achieve different lipid-lowering goals.