Blood lipid disorders and non-drug treatments

What is dyslipidemia?

Hyperlipidemia, also known as dyslipidemia or hypercholesterolemia, is quite common in Vietnam and tends to increase. Disorders of blood fat cause many dangerous diseases such as atherosclerosis, stroke, coronary artery disease.

Blood fats come in two main forms: cholesterol and triglyceride . Blood lipid disorder (RLMM) is a pathology that increases the fat content of fat and reduces the fat content to protect the body, a common disease today. In order to circulate in the body, cholesterol and triglycerides are combined with a substance called lipoprotein. There are many types of lipoproteins, but three important types are: low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density (HDL), and very low density (VLDL). With LDL and HDL they have the function of transporting cholesterol, while VLDL has the function of transporting tryglycerides in the blood.

Most cholesterol in the body exists in combination with LDL (denoted LDL-C), only about 1/4 to 1/3 combine with HDL (HDL-C symbol). Too many LDL-C will form atherosclerotic plaques, so it is also called bad cholesterol . HDL-C is beneficial for the body, it resists the process of atherosclerosis by bringing excess cholesterol to stagnate in the walls of blood vessels back to the liver, so HDL-C is also called good cholesterol . Excessive hypertriglyceridemia also contributes to atherosclerosis. In the body there is always a balance between these two processes of harm and protection - when calling RLMM, there is an increase in harmful ingredients and a reduction in beneficial ingredients that protect the body.

There are many factors that affect blood cholesterol levels . Many studies on RLMM in the world say that when total cholesterol increased by more than 240mg, the risk of coronary heart disease increased 2-3 times. High cholesterol (LDL-C) increases the risk of heart attack . Good cholesterol (HDL-C) in the lower blood also increases the risk of complications of blood vessels and atherosclerosis. The highest triglyceride levels were in patients with diabetes and a higher risk of atherosclerosis. If LDL-C is high, but HDL-C is also high, less concern is high LDL-C but low HDL-C. RLMM disease does not cause immediate harm, but the long-term harm is dangerous. Medicine has proved that resolving the problem of dyslipidemia is necessary to limit coronary artery, cerebrovascular complications and reduce mortality from vascular complications.

Reason

The cause of the disease is clear, it is due to too much blood fat . The risk of dyslipidemia comes primarily from eating too much fat , such as fatty meat, butter, oil from fried foods, fast food and sweets. People who are obese, drink a lot of alcohol and are inactive are also at high risk of dyslipidemia.

In addition, the disease may be due to genetic effects, such as LDL deficiency or mixed blood lipid disorders .

The disease may also come from related syndromes, such as hypothyroidism, diabetes, liver disease or kidney failure .

Symptoms of dyslipidemia

The disease in the late stage most complications and catalyzes the formation of other diseases, such as atherosclerosis. If not treated promptly, the patient is likely to have a heart attack because the fat freezes blood vessels, leading to insufficient blood to feed the heart.

The disease is often difficult to identify, but we can also list some warning signs such as:

• There are puffiness on the skin, pale yellow, there is no feeling
• Headache, dizziness, dizziness
• Choking, difficulty breathing
• Obesity, tests show that blood fat increases

Can be treated without medication

People with dyslipidemia should not be too worried. Calmly apply non-drug treatment immediately, including the following two basic things:

Dietary abstinence : Reducing saturated fat (animal fat, butter, coconut oil .) if not abstain from abstinence, avoid eating more than 1/3 saturated fat in daily fat requirements.

Reduce cholesterol levels during meals , especially avoid high cholesterol foods such as animal viscera (brain, oval, heart, liver .). Although egg yolk is also high in cholesterol, there are also many lecithin, which regulate cholesterol metabolism in the body, so it is not necessary to abstain from eating it but can eat 2-3 eggs a week. For fat people, it is necessary to lose weight.

Should eat more fresh vegetables , drink green tea.Do not drink much alcohol.Do not smoke cigarettes, pipe tobacco because it promotes atherosclerosis, and increases bad cholesterol.

Exercise and sports : Need to fit with each person's health, each time trying to get enough 30-45 minutes, at the level of no effort, practice at least 3 times a week.Exercise will contribute to increasing the effect of fasting.

After the use of non-oral treatments for 4-6 months and still not improving the condition of RLMM, especially the bad cholesterol (LDL-C) is high, it is necessary to use blood-lowering drugs. The drug can be used in one of four drug classes: statins, fibrates, niacin, or resin; with lots of trade names of many manufacturers.

It should be noted that only the drug is prescribed and monitored by the treating doctor, because in addition to lowering blood fat, it also has many other side effects.