CMPT-201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: High-Density Lipoprotein, Abdominal Obesity, Hypercholesterolemia
1 Apr 2016
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Discomfort in the centre of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes or that goes away and comes back. An uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain in the chest. Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach. Shortness of breath that accompanies or precedes chest discomfort. Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body. Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes. Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance or coordination. Sudden severe headache with no known cause eatures of metabolic syndrome. Abnormal blood lipids: low hdl and high triglycerides. People with elevated triglycerides should limit simple sugars and highly refined starchy foods, which often cause triglycerides to rise. Factors other than the major ones listed earlier in table 11 2 may also influence a person"s risk.
