Hyperlipidemia is a common clinical chronic disease, and generally patients will show a series of early signs before dyslipidemia, and the common signs are as follows.
1, dizziness and swelling: awake at night, but not clear-headed in the morning after waking up.
2, calf cramps: manifested as frequent cramps in the belly of the leg and often tingling pain.
3, abdominal pain: episodes after a full meal, of short duration and recurrent.
4. lid warts: a yellowish, flat rash on the eyelids, which in severe cases covers the entire eyelid.
5. skin changes: the appearance of yellow, orange or brownish-red nodules, patches or rashes on certain parts of the body
6, blurred vision: caused by the blood becoming viscous and slowing down the flow rate, causing temporary ischemia and hypoxia in the optic nerve or retina.
I. Symptoms of hyperlipidemia
The common symptoms of hyperlipidemia are dizziness, fatigue, insomnia and forgetfulness, numbness of limbs, chest tightness, palpitations, etc. When hyperlipidemia is serious, it will lead to coronary heart disease and stroke, resulting in dizziness, headache, shortness of breath, panic, chest pain, weakness, crooked mouth, inability to speak and other corresponding manifestations.
Second, the symptoms of hyperlipidemia complications
The continuous development of hyperlipidemia will lead to a series of complications, and different complications have different clinical manifestations, as follows.
1.Coronary atherosclerosis: symptoms of insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle, such as angina pectoris and even myocardial infarction, can be seen.
2, cerebral atherosclerosis: headache, dizziness, dementia, and even hemiplegia and other symptoms of inadequate blood supply to the brain.
3, renal arteries: can lead to anemia, edema and other symptoms of renal insufficiency
4, lower limb arteries: can cause pain, chills and symptoms such as interstitial claudication in the lower limbs.
Third, the discovery of hyperlipidemia should do
Once hyperlipidemia is found, active measures need to be taken to intervene, common intervention methods are as follows.
1.Lifestyle intervention: including low-salt and low-fat diet, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol, increasing exercise and maintaining emotional stability.
2, control of risk factors: such as monitoring blood lipids, blood pressure, blood sugar levels, and at the same time, reasonable weight loss.
3, medication: if the lifestyle intervention is not satisfactory, lipid-lowering drugs can be used under the guidance of a doctor, such as statins, betablockers, and niacin and resin lipid-lowering drugs.