In the past 30 years, with the improvement of living standards and the change of lifestyle, the number of dyslipidemia has increased significantly.
The results of the 2012 national survey showed that the overall prevalence rate of dyslipidemia among Chinese adults was as high as 40.40%.
Four out of every 10 people have dyslipidemia. Are you one of them?
Hyperlipidemia is a bomb, I don’t know when it will explode.
In blood, the higher the levels of triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL) and total cholesterol (TC), the worse, and the lower the level of high density lipoprotein (HDL), the worse.
Strictly speaking, the statement of [high] blood lipid is not rigorous and should be called [dyslipidemia].
However, in order to take care of everyone’s habits, we still call dyslipidemia [hyperlipidemia].
The components of blood lipid will continuously enter under the intima of blood vessels with minor injuries to form lipid plaques, which can be imagined as [steamed stuffed bun] with intima as skin and blood lipid as stuffing.
At first, the steamed stuffed bun was very small, which had little effect on blood flow and had no symptoms. As the blood lipid component continuously entered under the intima, the stuffed stuffed bun became larger and larger, and the lumen of the blood vessel would be narrowed and ischemia would occur intermittently.
The stuffing keeps increasing, making the steamed stuffed bun skin thinner and thinner. One day, the skin will be broken and the lipid stuffing will flow out, which will form thrombus and completely block the blood vessels.
As a result, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, intestinal necrosis caused by mesenteric artery infarction and lower limb necrosis caused by lower limb artery embolism appear, which are serious and will begin to endanger life.
Hyperlipidemia is like a dangerous blood vessel bomb.
How do you know if you have hyperlipidemia?
Hyperlipidemia is a hidden [killer] with few external manifestations in the early and middle stages.
After many people reach the age of 50, a gray or white ring will appear on the edge of the cornea, which doctors call [corneal aging ring].
Some studies suggest that this ring may be related to abnormal lipid metabolism or arteriosclerosis.
In addition, there are occasional hyperlipidemia patients, some parts of the body, xanthoma.
In addition to the above manifestations, hyperlipidemia is easy to ignore because it has no symptoms.
To know your blood lipid level, the most accurate method is blood test.
Before drawing blood, remember to eat a light diet for three days and then go to the hospital on an empty stomach.
You know, a few hours before blood drawing or the night before, eating a Dongpo elbow or eating a large bowl of braised pork rice is likely to cause a sharp increase in triglycerides in blood, and it is not impossible for oil flowers to float in blood, which will have a great impact on the accuracy of blood lipid detection.
Let the blood lipid be lower and lower.
The process of atherosclerosis has been going on since birth, but the speed of progress varies from person to person.
In some people, the development of atherosclerosis is very slow, and the blood vessels are still healthy when they get old.
However, the speed of angiosclerosis in some people is like getting on a rocket and suffering from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases at a young age.
This difference is closely related to blood lipid level.
How’s level can be assured?
The range of normal values on the test sheet can be used as a reference.
For healthy people:
- Triglyceride < 1.7 mmol/L total cholesterol < 5.2 mmol/L low density lipoprotein < 3.4 mmol/L
Is a more appropriate level.
If there are hypertension, diabetes, smoking, obesity and other conditions, the reference value will change, and whether the blood lipid is normal or not needs to be evaluated by the doctor.
Really develop good living habits and use drugs rationally.
How Reduces Blood Lipid? It’s nothing more than-
- Regular exercise, weight control, no smoking, less drinking, low fat and low salt healthy diet
Think it’s all a cliche? But what is useful is just a few simple moves.
Good living habits are easy to say, but there may not be many that can be implemented well. Otherwise, the number of people with dyslipidemia is still increasing year by year.
If the physical examination finds that the triglyceride is high, try to adjust it through strict low-fat diet and proper exercise under the condition that the upper limit of normal value is not more than 2 times.
If there is no improvement after such a month, medication should be considered, or triglyceride has exceeded the upper limit of normal value by 2 times, medication should be considered.
At present, the lipid-lowering drugs widely used in clinic include statins, betes and cholesterol absorption inhibitors.
Specific to the individual, the medication plan still needs to ask a professional doctor to issue a prescription, and regularly review the blood lipid, adjust the medication according to the blood lipid level. As long as the application is reasonable, the blood lipid can be controlled at the ideal level.
For example, according to the existing guidelines, those who meet the following criteria are in a high-risk or even extremely high-risk state.
Already suffering from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular diseases;
Low density lipoprotein ≥ 4.9 mmol/L;
Low density lipoprotein is 1.8 ~ 4.9 mmol/L, but patients over 40 years old with diabetes.
We should try our best to control the low density lipoprotein below 1.8 mmol/L. If we cannot reach it, we must reduce it to 50% of the original value.
As for some health care products that claim to be able to control blood lipid, or some unknown [earthwork], which are neither safe nor necessarily effective, and may also cause serious adverse reactions, it is better not to try.
Hyperlipidemia is a very big topic, which cannot be explained thoroughly by a few words. But at the same time, hyperlipidemia really threatens everyone’s health.
Therefore, it is very important for our generation to pay attention to hyperlipidemia, pay attention to hyperlipidemia, discover it as early as possible and standardize treatment.