General practice community chronic disease health promotion series - early screening for dyslipidemia

General practice community chronic disease health promotion series **——Early screening for dyslipidemia**

Doctor, I want to have my blood lipids tested.

Why do you want to test your blood lipids?

Doctor, you don’t know, my neighbor next door rarely gets sick, but he suddenly had a heart attack. The doctor said he died of a heart disease caused by high blood lipids. I’m very scared...

As people's material lives continue to improve, this type of patients are common among outpatient clinic patients. Here I will give you some popular science information about "hyperlipidemia" that everyone is concerned about.

1. What is hyperlipidemia?

Hyperlipidemia refers to an increase in one or more of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and a decrease in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in serum.

2. What are the dangers of hyperlipidemia?

Hyperlipidemia, also known as dyslipidemia, is an elevated level of blood lipids, especially low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol), which is a "silent killer" of cardiovascular disease. Early detection and regular monitoring of blood lipid levels are important measures to prevent cardiovascular disease.

3. How to detect high blood lipids?

1. How to judge whether blood lipids are elevated through clinical manifestations?

2. Can a blood test be used to determine whether blood lipids are elevated?

4. Which groups of people need to have their blood lipids tested?

▼Adults aged 20-40 should have their blood lipids tested every 2-5 years

▼Adults aged ≥40 years should undergo at least one test per year.

▼People at high risk of cardiovascular disease should undergo blood lipid testing according to prevention and treatment requirements.

▼ Immediate relatives of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia should undergo lipid screening

▼Included in routine physical examinations for primary, junior and high school students.

Hyperlipidemia is easy to treat, the key is early detection. The above groups need to be tested on time, and primary and secondary school students should not ignore blood lipid tests. See you next time!

Author: Xu Lili, Department of General Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University