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Triglycerides are a type of fat found in the blood, which is an important part of the body's metabolism, but those extra levels that are not used are stored in the cells in the form of triglycerides.
If the body needs energy, a specific enzyme releases stored triglycerides from the cells into the bloodstream.
● How triglycerides are formed in the body. When you eat, your body converts any calories it doesn't need into triglycerides. Triglycerides are stored in your fat cells. Later, hormones release energy-rich triglycerides between meals when your body needs it. Energy, as well as most of the fats that are eaten, including butter, margarine and oils
be in the form of triglycerides.
● Reasons for the accumulation of triglycerides in the body, there are several reasons for the accumulation of triglycerides in the body, the most important of which are the following:
• Idleness.
• obesity.
• Malfunction of the thyroid gland.
Diabetes.
• Drinking alcohol excessively.
Smoking.
• Consuming more calories than you burn regularly.
• High blood sugar.
• Genetic causes
• Diseases of the liver or kidneys.
• Some medications, such as:
• Diuretics.
• beta blockers.
• Estrogen.
• Steroids.
But if a person eats higher amounts of fat than the body needs, these fats accumulate in the blood and can cause hypertriglyceridemia. What are the symptoms of high triglycerides?
● Symptoms of high triglycerides It should be noted that the high levels of triglycerides in the blood would raise the risk of many different health problems, including pancreatitis, atherosclerosis, various heart diseases and stroke.
Symptoms of high triglycerides can be explained as follows:
1. General symptoms of high triglycerides
In the body, the body begins to transform it into the body, the body begins to transform it into the body, and the body leads to the body, and fires it, and shoots it, and shoots it, and shoots it, and shoots the body with energy Ingested fats, including butter Ghee and oils are in the form of triglycerides.
● The reasons for the accumulation of triglycerides in the body, the bad ones are the reasons for the accumulation of triglycerides during the viewing period, the most important of which are the following:
• Idleness.
• obesity.
• Malfunction of the thyroid gland.
• diabetes.
• Drinking alcohol excessively.
Smoking.
• Consuming more calories than you burn regularly.
• High blood sugar.
• Genetic causes
• Diseases of the liver or liver.
• Certain medications, such as:
• Diuretics.
• beta blockers.
• Estrogen.
• Steroids.
But if a person eats higher amounts of fat than the body needs, these fats accumulate in the blood and can cause hypertriglyceridemia. What are the symptoms of high triglycerides?
● Symptoms of high triglycerides. It should be noted that the high levels of triglycerides in the blood would raise the risk of many different health problems, including pancreatitis, atherosclerosis, various heart diseases, and stroke.
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Symptoms of high triglycerides can be explained as follows:
1. General symptoms of high triglycerides
Symptoms of high triglycerides do not usually appear unless the rise is very high, and this means when the levels of triglycerides are between 1,000 - 2,000 milligrams / deciliter, and in this case complications of high triglycerides have also begun to appear, the most important of which is pancreatitis, and these are accompanied by Case with the following symptoms of high triglycerides:
• The development of bouts of pancreatitis.
A Severe pain in the abdomen.
• Nausea.
• Significant progression of cardiovascular disease symptoms.
• heart attack.
• shortness of breath.
• Irregular heart rate.
• As for people who suffer from high fat
Three, but not excessive, do not show symptoms for long periods until they develop both pancreatitis and cardiovascular disease.
2. Symptoms of acute hypertriglyceridemia, and it is worth noting that levels that exceed 5,000 mg/dL affect other parts of the body, which would lead to the following:
• Enlargement of the liver and spleen.
Eruptive xanthomas, which are small, painless nodules that appear on the trunk and buttocks.
and thighs.
Nodules appear on the elbows and knees.
• The appearance of a yellow color on the palms of the hands.
• The appearance of a yellow plaque (Xanthelasmas), which is a deposit that appears on the eyelid.
• Darkening of the cornea of the eye.
• Acute pancreatitis accompanied by fever, vomiting, increased heart rate, loss of appetite, and pain moving from the stomach to the back.
• Neurological symptoms including depression, memory loss and dementia.
Small fatty deposits under the skin.
It is worth noting that these acute symptoms are not rare, and usually appear in the event that high triglycerides are associated with rare genetic disorders.