Anatom3DMetabolic syndrome
Syndroma metabolicum · Metabolický syndrom
What it is
Central fat, high blood pressure, high sugar and bad lipids travelling together.
Symptoms & signs
- Large waist
- high blood pressure
- high fasting glucose
- high triglycerides
- low HDL
🚩 Get help if…
- call 112 / 911 now Chest pain, pressure or tightness
- call 112 / 911 now Face drooping, arm weakness or slurred speech
- see a doctor soon Great thirst, passing lots of urine or blurred vision
- see a doctor soon Blood pressure repeatedly above 160/100
Where it strikes
- Visceral fat
- Liver
- Heart & arteries
Medical treatment
- Treat each component
- metformin
- statin
- antihypertensives
- GLP-1 agonists
Natural & lifestyle
- Weight loss
- Mediterranean diet
- exercise
- sleep
- alcohol reduction
- stress management
Emerging & experimental
- Combination incretin therapy
- time-restricted eating trials
Alternative, off-label & anecdotal
Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.
- Berberine — trials improve glucose and lipids mixed evidence
- Time-restricted eating — trials disagree mixed evidence
- Magnesium — small trials improve insulin sensitivity early / small studies
ICD codes
- ICD-10 E88.8
- ICD-11 5A44 Insulin-resistance syndromes