If blood lipids are high, the body will also have certain symptoms, because high blood lipids can cause atherosclerosis. When atherosclerosis develops to a certain extent, it may cause arteriosclerosis obliterans in the lower limbs. , to put it simply, the arteries of the lower limbs are narrowed and occluded, which in turn can cause chronic ischemia of the limbs and induce various symptoms, which can be seen on the legs.
High blood lipids may cause symptoms of leg pain, or intermittent claudication. Leg pain after walking for a while will recover after resting, and the cycle repeats. If you often walk with lameness, difficulty walking, or heavy legs, , leg fatigue, and unilateral/bilateral leg pain, it is likely that blood vessels are blocked, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the legs. Therefore, we cannot judge whether we have hyperlipidemia based on symptoms alone
Although we say that the body will have some symptom changes when the blood lipids are high, it is difficult to see it from the appearance in the early stages of hyperlipidemia. When blood lipids rise, you often don’t feel anything. Except for some special hyperlipidemia patients, such as some people with family hereditary hyperlipidemia, xanthomas may develop in the corners of the eyes or on the skin.
Therefore, you cannot judge whether you have hyperlipidemia based on symptoms alone. Instead, you need to have regular physical examinations and pay attention to the level of blood lipids. Hyperlipidemia is generally more common in middle-aged and elderly people, especially smokers, diabetics, those with high cholesterol or high blood pressure, and those with a family history of heart disease or stroke. It is important to maintain a healthy life and go to the hospital regularly for blood tests to check blood lipids. The right thing to do to protect your health. If you often experience numbness or weakness in your legs and feet
If you often experience numbness or weakness in your legs and feet, especially if the numbness or pain is more severe when you are resting, then it is most likely that the cause of the problem is your legs. Excessive blood lipids can lead to atherosclerosis, which can lead to stenosis and occlusion of arteries in the legs and lower limbs, ultimately affecting blood circulation, causing insufficient blood supply to the lower limbs, and causing numbness or weakness in the legs and feet.
When single blood lipids are too high for a long time, it is easy for the blood vessels in the legs to develop atherosclerosis, which then easily causes the arteries and blood vessels of the legs to become blocked, thus affecting the blood circulation of the legs. Then it will cause pain. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, "blood stasis means blockage, and blockage means pain." However, this kind of leg pain often occurs on one or both sides of the leg. Sometimes the pain will disappear when the blood is circulated, so there will be intermittent pain. The function of blood circulation not only brings nutrients to our body
The function of blood circulation not only brings nutrients to our body, but also brings oxygen and temperature. However, when blood lipids are too high, causing stenosis and occlusion of the lower limb arteries in the legs, it will eventually affect the blood circulation, resulting in poor blood circulation in the lower limbs, which will cause ischemia and hypoxia in the legs, thus The temperature of the lower limbs drops sharply, which makes our legs and feet feel cold or cold to the touch.
When we lie down to sleep at night, the blood flow to the legs will slow down. If the arteries of the lower limbs are narrowed or occluded at this time, it will cause insufficient blood supply to the lower limbs. Nutrients can easily cause leg cramps. If the patient changes from lying down to sitting up at this time, the spasm in the legs will be greatly improved. If high blood lipids in the legs lead to severe stenosis and occlusion of the arteries of the lower limbs
If high blood lipids in the legs lead to severe stenosis and occlusion of the arteries of the lower limbs, it will lead to poor blood circulation and eventually It can also easily lead to ischemic ulcers on the feet, making it difficult for wounds to heal. It can also be found that the color of these wounds is often brown or black, and the patient will also experience pain.
The above are the more obvious manifestations only when blood lipids are high enough to cause arteriosclerosis obliterans in the lower limbs. If by this time, even if high blood lipids can be discovered through these manifestations, it will be too late. Therefore, if you want to find high blood lipids clinically, you cannot just look at the symptoms on the legs or certain parts, because many patients with high blood lipids rarely have these symptoms in the early stages.