What causes high triglycerides?

Nowadays, people’s living and eating standards are much better than before, so many middle-aged and elderly friends have suffered from some cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and hyperlipidemia is the most common one. The occurrence of hyperlipidemia is directly related to the increase in triglyceride levels. Generally speaking, whether it is an increase in triglycerides or an increase in cholesterol, they are all called hyperlipidemia. Therefore, in your daily life, you must pay attention to understand the reasons for high triglycerides so as to take preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of hyperlipidemia.

High levels of triglycerides can seriously affect human health, especially as it can easily cause blood vessel blockage and lead to heart diseases such as coronary heart disease. Therefore, paying attention to maintaining normal triglyceride levels in normal times is very effective in preventing the occurrence of coronary heart disease.

Clinically, normal triglyceride values ​​are: males - 0.45 ~ 1.81mmol/L (24.0-160.0mg/dl), females - 0.40 ~ 1.53mmol/L (28.0-108mg/L). There are two common causes of high triglycerides in clinical practice, which can be divided into primary and secondary:

1. The common cause of high primary triglycerides is genetics.

2. The causes of secondary high triglycerides are often due to diseases and bad lifestyle habits, such as liver disease, liver failure, diabetes, nephrotic syndrome, hypothyroidism, dialysis, bile duct obstruction, as well as diet, smoking and drinking.

The symptoms of high triglycerides are non-specific, such as dizziness, headache, chest tightness, shortness of breath, limb numbness, fatigue and shortness of breath, tinnitus, vision deterioration, insomnia and forgetfulness, etc. These symptoms are all caused by arteriosclerosis which leads to narrowing of blood vessels and insufficient blood supply. The difference is that the blood vessels narrow and become blocked in different places. For example, dizziness may be one of the manifestations of cerebral atherosclerosis, chest tightness may be due to insufficient blood supply to the heart, and sclerosis of small arteries throughout the body can cause high blood pressure. These symptoms of high triglycerides are often confused with symptoms of other diseases, so high triglycerides cannot be diagnosed by symptoms alone.

After understanding the reasons for high triglycerides, if you want to prevent this situation, please pay attention to your diet in your daily life, maintain a low-fat and low-cholesterol diet, and pay attention to exercise, and do not let your weight exceed the normal weight; also be careful not to eat foods with too much sugar. Only in this way can you prevent the occurrence of high triglycerides.