China News Service, Guangzhou, January 28th (Cai Minjie, Jiang Yunsong, Zhang Cancheng) Hypertriglyceridemia and hyperlipidemia are known as "silent killers". Excessive triglycerides will not only cause "milk blood", but also These lipids will also be deposited in large and small blood vessels in the body. In severe cases, they can even cause diseases such as coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, and induce acute pancreatitis, which can even be life-threatening.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University announced on the 28th that the hospital recently received a patient who ate "milk tea blood" due to bad eating habits.
Since 2019, the patient Mr. Li began to experience increasingly severe snoring, lethargy, chest tightness, migraine and other symptoms, and was diagnosed with high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia and severe sleep apnea and other metabolic-related diseases, the triglyceride level was as high as 34mmol/L, which was 20 times the normal range.
At the same time, the fasting blood sugar and total cholesterol levels were far beyond the normal range.
With a height of 169 centimeters, his weight has risen from 60 kilograms when he was young to more than 100 kilograms.
After many investigations, Mr. Li found Yang Jingge, deputy director of surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University and director of the first area of gastrointestinal surgery.
Yang Jingge's team found rare "milk blood" after centrifuging Mr. Li's blood.
Yang Jingge introduced that "milk blood" is also called chyle blood in medicine. It is due to the excessive intake of fat by the human body, which exceeds the ability of the digestive system to decompose. After this part of excess fat enters the blood, the color of the serum changes from clear to light yellow. It is milky white.
A series of tests showed that Mr. Li's fasting blood sugar was 18mmol/L, triglyceride was 22mmol/L, and uric acid exceeded 500umol/L.
Yang Jingge pointed out that Mr. Li's high-fat and high-salt eating habits, coupled with lack of exercise, are important causes of chylotemia, as well as a series of metabolic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes and coronary heart disease.
After a detailed scientific assessment, Yang Jingge performed a minimally invasive laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery for Mr. Li.
After 4 months of follow-up visit, it was found that Mr. Li had successfully lost 54 catties, and his blood sugar and blood lipid index returned to normal.
How to effectively prevent and treat hyperlipidemia?
Yang Jingge suggested: first, adhere to a reasonable diet, eat less "inferior" fat, and limit the intake of saturated fat and trans fat, such as fatty meat, animal oil, and fried food; secondly, exercise moderately, exercise can increase energy consumption and improve fat loss. Mass metabolism, prevent body fat and blood fat increase.
Finally, quit smoking and limit alcohol. Smoking is the number one risk factor for hyperlipidemia. Long-term drinking will also stimulate the liver to synthesize lipids, resulting in increased blood triglyceride concentrations.
"For hyperlipidemia with a BMI greater than 28 and obesity, if other methods cannot be used to lose weight and control blood lipids, bariatric surgery is an effective treatment." Yang Jingge said.
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