What does high blood lipid mean?

High blood lipids means that the fat content in the blood is too high, which is particularly harmful to the health of the body. It can easily lead to arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and cause great harm to the patient's cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. The causes of high blood lipids are mainly divided into primary and secondary. At this time, you must do certain exercises and fitness in time, and you should also pay attention to your diet. Don't overeat, and try to eat low-calorie foods.

The causes of hyperlipidemia can be divided into primary and secondary types. Primary is related to congenital and genetic factors, and is caused by single gene defects or multiple gene defects, which lead to abnormalities of receptors, enzymes or apolipoproteins involved in lipoprotein transport and metabolism, or by environmental factors (diet, nutrition, drugs) and through unknown mechanisms. Secondary disease often occurs in metabolic disorders (diabetes, hypertension, myxedema, hypothyroidism, obesity, liver and kidney diseases, hyperadrenocortical function), or is related to other factors such as age, gender, season, drinking, smoking, diet, physical activity, mental stress, emotional activity, etc.

Clinical manifestations The clinical manifestations of hyperlipidemia are mainly xanthomas caused by lipid deposition in the dermis and arteriosclerosis caused by lipid deposition in the vascular endothelium. Although hyperlipidemia can cause xanthomas, its incidence is not very high; the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis is a slow and gradual process. Therefore, under normal circumstances, most patients have no obvious symptoms or abnormal signs. Many people only discover elevated plasma lipoprotein levels when undergoing blood biochemistry tests for other reasons.

Prevention methods for high blood lipids

If a mother has high blood lipids, people often ask about the impact on the child. In fact, the children with the highest incidence rate are those whose parents suffer from some kind of heart disease. If one of the parents suffers from high blood pressure or high blood lipids, the child's chance of developing the disease is 50%; if both the parents suffer from high blood pressure or high blood lipids, the chance will increase to 75%. This disease is highly hereditary. Even if only one of the parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents has heart disease, or has been diagnosed with heart disease before the age of 55, the child's risk of developing the disease is very high.

The best prevention: Get your child checked. In the past, we always believed that high blood pressure and high blood lipids were "exclusive" to adults. However, more and more facts now remind us that this disease may also occur in children, and there is a high possibility that it will lead to heart disease in the future. Therefore, experts recommend that children aged 3 years and above should undergo regular blood pressure checks; if the blood lipid index of parents is very high (index exceeds 180 mg/dL or higher), or one of the parents, grandparents, or grandparents has been diagnosed with heart disease, then it is best to take the child for a relevant examination when he is 5 years old. Hypertension and high blood lipids are closely related to diet, so after the baby has passed infancy, you should ensure that the child has a balanced diet and exercises every day to avoid excessive fat accumulation. In addition, studies have shown that breastfeeding can reduce the risk of children suffering from high blood lipids. So once again we encourage you to continue breastfeeding as long as possible.