Metabolic syndrome is a set of diseases, which together increase the risk of serious cardiovascular changes such as heart attack and stroke. These diseases are the accumulation of fat in the abdomen, diabetes, as well as high blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides.
This syndrome, which is also called insulin resistance syndrome, is characterized by the accumulation of fat in the belly, and insulin resistance but other diseases that are also associated with this syndrome are polycystic ovary syndrome, fat in the liver of non-alcoholic cause, small amount of albumin in the urine and elevation of uric acid in the blood.
Signals and symptons
The signs and symptoms that may indicate the metabolic syndrome are related to the diseases that are associated, such as:
- Acanthosis nigricans: are dark spots around the neck and in the folds of the skin; Obesity: accumulation of abdominal fat, tiredness, difficulty breathing and sleeping, pain in the knees and ankles due to being overweight; Diabetes: dry mouth, dizziness, tiredness, excessive urine; High blood pressure: headache, dizziness, ringing in the ears.
In addition to assessing height, weight, measuring blood pressure, blood glucose at the time of the consultation and wanting to know the person's life habits, how to smoke, practice physical activity if there is a history of hypertension in the family, the doctor may order tests to identify metabolic syndrome such as fasting blood glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides. Others that can also be ordered are total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, creatinine, uric acid, microalbuminuria, C-reactive protein and glucose intolerance test.
Criteria for whether it is Metabolic Syndrome
For the diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome it is necessary that the person has at least 3 of the following points:
- Fasting blood glucose between 100 and 125 and after meals between 140 and 200; Abdominal circumference between 94 and 102 cm, in men and women, between 80 and 88 cm; High triglycerides, above 150mg / dl or higher; High blood pressure, above 135/85 mmHg; High LDL cholesterol.
Metabolic Syndrome Treatment
The treatment of Metabolic Syndrome is based on a change in lifestyle, adopting a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity, balanced diet, weight loss and quitting smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages. The drugs are indicated to control high blood pressure, use of statins to control cholesterol and anti-diabetics for diabetes. Learn more at: Remedy for metabolic syndrome.
See in this video what you can do to fight this syndrome:
Some important recommendations are to exercise for 30 minutes daily and always eat healthy, so you should change your diet, following the advice of a nutritionist so that important aspects like low-salt foods are taken into account, sodium, consumption of more diuretic foods, intake of the ideal amount of water, stop eating foods that are harmful to health and that worsen the metabolic syndrome, for example.
