Due to the insidious nature of hyperlipidemia, the prevention and treatment of the disease is relatively difficult, and it is known as the "invisible killer" of human health.
Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles. When there are certain signs in the body, we need to be alerted.
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Hyperlipidemia can induce many diseases, such as coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, etc., but very few people know about some other manifestations of hyperlipidemia, such as xanthomas, corneal rings, hearing loss, intermittent abdominal pain, etc., if you find that you have the above conditions, then you should pay attention to whether the blood lipids are high.
When the body shows certain abnormalities, as long as you pay attention, you can detect these red flags at an early stage of the disease, so that you can take active treatment measures.
1. Xanthomasma
Xanthomasma, also known as xanthelasma or jaundice, refers to yellow or orange-yellow loculate-like lesions that are present on the skin or tendons.
Xanthoma is a rare disease of lipid metabolism that gets its name from the fact that it is mostly yellow, orange or brownish-red in color.
Xanthoma can be associated with dyslipidemia, and most patients have elevated lipoprotein levels.
Source: Medscape
Xanthoma is a signal of elevated cholesterol levels and is characterized by a small, yellowish rash on the eyelids. In the beginning, the rash is the size of a grain of rice, raised from the surface of the skin, round or oval, and there is no obvious discomfort.
Because xanthoma is a red flag when blood lipids are elevated, once found, relevant tests should be carried out in time.
2. Corneal ring (corneal arch)
When a person enters middle and old age, the edge part of the cornea near the sclera will appear gray-white or white rings, the width of the ring is 1~2 mm, and over time, the ring becomes wider and wider, and the color becomes darker and darker, which is called "corneal senile ring".
Most scholars believe that the phenomenon of senile rings in the cornea is formed by the deposition of lipids in the blood at the cornea.
Since the cornea itself has no blood vessels, it can only rely on the vascular network of the limbus and the aqueous humor in the eye to deliver nutrients, and if the cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood and aqueous humor are too high, they will be deposited around the cornea, and they will look like gray-white rings.
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3. Lowering the force
If tinnitus is severe or even has a sharp decline in hearing during a certain period of time, it is likely to be a sign of elevated triglycerides.
Studies have found that elevated triglycerides are associated with sensorineural hearing loss, so if you have hearing loss without warning, you should also pay attention to blood lipid problems.
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4. Intermittent abdominal pain
Hyperlipidemia may cause acute pancreatitis, which is essentially the same as ordinary pancreatitis, and the pain is located in the middle and upper abdomen.
In the case of inflammation of the head of the pancreas, the pain is located in the right side of the middle and upper quadrant, and in the case of inflammation of the body or tail of the pancreas, the pain is often in the middle upper quadrant and left upper quadrant, and radiates to the left shoulder or both sides of the lower back.
The treatment of this disease can be directly through dietary conditioning in mild cases, while in severe cases, it must be combined with drug treatment or even surgery on the basis of dietary conditioning.
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brief summary
Generally speaking, hyperlipidemia is more common in middle-aged and elderly people, but in recent years, the age of hyperlipidemia patients has gradually become younger, especially some office workers, many of whom have hyperlipidemia.
If blood lipids are elevated, the body will give some obvious signals, we must pay full attention, pay attention to observation, timely examination, develop a healthy lifestyle, balanced diet, regular physical examination, and try to avoid delays in the disease, which will bring greater harm to our health.