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HYPERLIPIDEMIA (LIPOPROTEINEMIA)


  Maintaining a balanced diet as much as possible is essential to keeping a healthy life, and one of the complications that arises from not maintaining a balanced diet is HYPERLIPIDEMIA. 

  Also known as Lipoproteinemia, it is a medical condition in which the level of lipoproteins or lipids(cholesterol, triglycerides and fats) in the blood has risen to an extremely high abnormal state which is harmful to the body and specifically to the heart. Hyperlipidemia predisposes an individual to atherosclerosis, a condition in which the accumulation of lipid in the blood leads to the distortion of blood and oxygen passing through the veins, then to the heart, this eventually resulting to an individual having problems with his or her heart i.e the cardiovascular diseases.
  Hyperlipidemia is divided into two types namely, primary hyperlipidemia and secondary hyperlipidemia. The primary hyperlipidemia are usually caused genetically, while the secondary hyperlipidermia are usually caused as a result of other illnesses such as diabetes or as an acquired disorder, where it results from an individual's personal extreme intake of saturated fat. 

  Lipoproteins, from which the name lipoproteinemia was gotten from, are very important for lipids such that they are responsible for transporting water-insoluble lipids. 

DIAGNOSTIC METHOD

  In most cases, blood testing remains the sole vital diagnostic method of diagnosing hyperlipidemic patients.
PREVENTIONS

• Quit smoking.
• Reducing the intake of saturated fat and alcohol.
• Maintaining a low salt-diet, and taking in more fruits, vegetables which will go a long way in helping reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood.

TREATMENTS AND MANAGEMENT

  Although, most hyperlipidemic cases are chronic, however, in recent years of scientific breakthrough, treatments and ways in which we can be able to fight while living with the disease are now more evident.

• Exercising i.e increasing physical activities.
• Maintenance of normal body weight, i.e trying as much as possible not to gain weight.
• Reducing the consumption of refined carbohydrates and simple sugars i.e reducing the intake of alcohol and many others.

  Statins are drugs that are mostly used as therapy medications for hyperlipidemic patients and those with high risk of cardiovascular diseases. They are lipid-lowering drugs that as well helps in reducing mortality rate in patients with high risk of cardiovascular diseases.

  It is advisable for people at the age of 20 and above to check their cholesterol levels every 6 years. 

That's it guys! Thank you and have a great day.








  
  
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  1. UnknownFebruary 26, 2022 at 7:26 PM

    Thank you for your informative publication. Actually, I think there is an admirable rise of awareness of (some) heartdiseases and it is demonstrated through a change in cooking recipes' varieties that provide alternatives for either people with these heart diseases or those who want to prevent themselves from having the diseases and through many other ways. Additionally, like you mentioned these lipids are essential to the human body thus their intake is crucial. However, aren't there some (heart) diseases that could arise from low or absence consumption of these lipids/fats? What would the ideal portion of these lipids be in order to maintaining healthy diet?

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