Uncontrolled hyperlipidemia, beware of these 9 complications, each of which cannot be ignored
Hyperlipidemia is a disease that can occur in people of different ages and genders, and the prevalence increases with age.
The disease is related to various factors such as drinking, smoking, overweight, obesity, diabetes, etc. Once suffering from the disease, patients will have symptoms such as xanthoma and premature corneal rings.
In addition to these symptoms, the disease can cause a variety of complications. So what are the complications of this disease?
- Fatty liver
Excessive fat in the body of patients with this disease, which usually cannot be metabolized by the basic metabolic capacity of the liver, will accumulate in the liver in large quantities, and then cause fatty liver.
Fatty liver patients will have symptoms of liver enlargement, liver cirrhosis, fatigue, sleep disturbance, constipation, etc. A small number of patients may also be accompanied by spleen enlargement.
- Coronary heart disease
Suffering from the disease, excessive fat in the body will accumulate in the blood vessels, then cause arteriosclerosis, affect blood circulation, and then cause myocardial ischemia and hypoxia, and then cause coronary heart disease.
Once coronary heart disease occurs, patients will have symptoms such as chest pain, chest compression, shortness of breath, toothache, nausea, palpitations, and palpitation.
- Pancreatitis
In patients with this disease, too much triglyceride in the body will accumulate in the pancreas, activate pancreatic enzymes, and then decompose into free fatty acids, which react with other chemicals, damage the pancreas, and then cause pancreatitis, and then the patient suffers from Symptoms include acute abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.
- Gallstones
Hyperlipidemia is related to excessive intake of fat and cholesterol, so the concentration of cholesterol in the bile of patients will also increase.
When cholesterol is supersaturated in the bile, it will cause gallstones, and then the patient will experience symptoms such as dull pain in the right upper quadrant, acute biliary colic, nausea, and vomiting.
- Gout
People with this condition generally have high levels of uric acid, and when there is too much uric acid and crystals form in the body, the patient may develop gout. People with gout may experience swelling in one or more of the joints.
- Arteriosclerosis
When there is too much blood lipids in the body, some bad cholesterol will be swallowed up by phagocytes. Phagocytes deform and deposit, creating plaque in the arteries, resulting in arteriosclerosis.
Once arteriosclerosis is formed, multiple organs of the patient will be involved, and then symptoms such as abdominal pain, chest tightness, and headache will appear.
- Cerebral infarction
In people with this disease, the cholesterol levels in the blood will be too high, and then the blood vessels will be blocked. When a blood vessel in the brain is blocked, a patient may experience a cerebral infarction.
Once complicated with cerebral infarction, patients will experience disturbance of consciousness, coma, high fever, dizziness, numbness of limbs, and even hemiplegia.
- Eye diseases
The disease can make blood lipids too high, and then block blood circulation, causing blood clots. If a thrombus is formed in the retina, it will block the retinal blood vessels, affecting vision, resulting in decreased vision and blurred vision.
- Hearing loss
The disease causes substances in the patient's inner ear to precipitate and increase peroxidized lipids, causing damage to the cells in the inner ear, and then causing hearing impairment, resulting in hearing loss.
In addition, the disease will increase blood viscosity and cause arteriosclerosis, which will slow down the blood circulation of the inner ear artery, resulting in insufficient blood supply and disturbance of the microcirculation perfusion in the inner ear, resulting in hearing loss.
It can be seen from the above that the complications that may be caused by hyperlipidemia include hearing loss, arteriosclerosis, fatty liver, pancreatitis, gallstones, etc.
When related complications are found, patients are advised to treat them accordingly.
Of course, in addition to treating complications, patients should also stabilize their blood lipid levels through lipid-lowering drugs and lifestyle interventions such as diet and exercise.