Hyperlipidemia
Disease information
Hyperlipidemia
Hiperlipidemia.
Definition.
Hiperlipidemia is
a
very frequent
metabolic
upheaval. It corresponds to an elevation of the sanguineous total lipid levels, or more exactly of
cholesterol
and / or of triglicéridos with respect to the
normal
values.
Hiperlipidemia must actively be fought since he is responsible for numerous
diseases
, mainly of
cardiovascular
pathologies. The lipid accumulation, and mainly the increase of
cholesterol
, in the
arterial
circulatory
system
takes part in the formation of
a
known affluent deposit: the plate of ateroma. Ateroma causes long term
a
sclerosis
by progressive invasion of the
arterial
walls (
arteriosclerosis
) The
cardiovascular
diseases
are the main causes of loss of life in the western countries. The damaged
glasses
more are the following ones:
• the
coronary
ones:
angina
of chest and
infarct
of myocardium;
• the arteries of heavy caliber:
arterial
hypertension
, arteriopatías of the inferior members.
• the
cerebral
circulation:
cerebral
accidents vasculares.
Causes.
Hiperlipidemia can have different causes. In
a
2% of the cases the lipídicas
anomalies
are of
genetic
origin
. Some times are secondary, that is to say, tiroidea or hipofisiaria insufficiency, renal insufficiency,
diabetes
are the consequence of another affection (or by the medicine taking certain (contraceptive pill, some b - bloqueantes, corticoterapia)
But
quite often,
a
95% of these hiperlipidemias are related to bad higieno -
dietetic
rules. Our feeding of western type is very rich in
cholesterol
, whereas our organism only needs
a
small amount, since he himself synthesizes it at hepático level from different materials provided by the feeding: fats,
alcohol
and sugars. In addition the proportion in nutritional saturated fatty acids often is unbalanced with respect to insaturados fatty acids.
The glucídico sobreconsumption, more specially of simple sugars (baker's shop, chocolates, honey, jam,
alcohol
. it also takes part like
a
factor responsible for
a
lipídica anomaly that is described as hiperlipidemia "glu'cido - employee".
Other many factors related to the modern way of life are questioned. We could mention like important causes
stress
and the tobacco. Studies that establish
a
correlation between aterosclerosis and tobacco consumption, with the corresponding reduction of the life expectancy exist.
The sedentarismo is also
a
factor that contributes to the aterogénesis. Any
muscular
exercise contributes to one better
muscular
irrigation, specially of the myocardium, developing
a
network of collateral circulation, and one better use of fats for
a
power use.
As we finished seeing in hiperlipidemia what it is questioned is the life form.
After this brief explanation on dislipidemias, we are
now
going to differentiate hiperlipidemias related specially to the
cholesterol
, of those related to the triglicéridos ones.
Plants adapted for this
disease
.
Ispágula
.
Artichoke
.
Gugulón
.
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