Metabolic syndrome: a review and clinical case
Abstract
The term "Metabolic Syndrome" (MS) refers to a cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), most notably obesity, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, whose pathophysiology is attributed to insulin resistance. Individuals with android-type obesity have high levels of plasma insulin, often associated with glucose intolerance, hypertriglyceridemia, and arterial hypertension, constituting an important metabolic condition, which is also strongly associated with hepatic steatosis. In addition, the increase in triglycerides and the reduction in HDL or drug treatment can be used as an alternative indicator of this syndrome, with a worldwide prevalence of 25%, accounting for 7% of mortality and 17% of deaths related to CVDs. The objective of this study is to analyze the clinical picture of a patient who has a diagnosis with MS, through bibliographic reviews, test results, and medical reports. The patient is a 40-year-old woman, diabetic, hypertensive, and obese, with a family history of diabetes, and her grandmother and mother being affected by The disease. We observed that MS does not refer to a specific disease, but to a set of risk factors, of metabolic origin, with a tendency to group, and that the main aggravating factor observed regarding the patient's health was the lack of preventive care with the health since he had a history of diabetes in his family, which led to the development of the syndrome.
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Copyright (c) 2023 Joicy Guerra Arantes, Geovana Pires, Éveny Gonçalves Moura, Ryan Ferreira Cruz, Karen Melyssa Farias Pereira, Dília Vitória Duarte Martins, Cleuber Rodrigues Tavares, Welington Pereira de Oliveira JúniorAuthor(s)
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Joicy Guerra Arantes
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Geovana Pires
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Éveny Gonçalves Moura
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Ryan Ferreira Cruz
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Karen Melyssa Farias Pereira
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Dília Vitória Duarte Martins
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Cleuber Rodrigues Tavares
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Welington Pereira de Oliveira Júnior