What we commonly refer to as the three highs refers to hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia, which can exist individually or in association with each other.
A prolonged high-fat, high-protein diet and lack of exercise tend to accumulate lipids in the corners or bottlenecks of the blood vessels, and the lumen of the vessels becomes clogged with a reduced diameter. In order to protect adequate blood supply to the organs, the body can only increase the pressure in the blood vessels, and this creates high blood pressure. Excessive blood sugar in the blood can irritate the walls of blood vessels and cause vascular damage. Damage to several organs, including the heart, brain and kidneys, is caused directly through hypertensive damage and indirectly through atherosclerosis. It can be asymptomatic in the early stage and can eventually lead to organ dysfunction. Therefore, if blood pressure is not actively controlled, blood vessels rupture under the effect of continuous high pressure to form hemorrhagic disease; narrowing of blood vessel lumen produces insufficient blood supply, and then produces ischemic disease.
Prolonged hyperglycemia can also lead to diabetes, which in turn has a very high number of complications. Therefore, aggressive control of the three highs and reduction of complications is the basis of treatment.