Common Symptoms Of Hyperlipidemia

Gangrene

Gangrene is a condition that happens as a result of the death of body tissues due to blood supply loss from an underlying disease, infection, or injury. Commonly affected areas of the body include the toes, fingers, arms, and legs. Because hyperlipidemia causes a restriction of blood flow due to fatty deposits in the arteries that supply the body's tissues, blood cannot deliver essential nutrients and antibodies to injured areas effectively. This malfunction results in a high susceptibility to developing an infection from even minor lesions and lacerations. The resulting advanced infection causes the surrounding tissues to die from gangrene.

Gangrene can appear as purple, blue, black, or brown and will often fall off of the affected individual's body. Gangrene can also occur due to hyperlipidemia inside of an individual's body from obstructed blood flow to an internal organ. Internal gangrene can happen when the bacteria from an infection releases toxic gasses into surrounding tissues. In such cases, the skin will appear grey and make a crackle-like sound when pressure is placed on it.

Swollen Liver Or Spleen

An individual may experience unpleasant or painful sensations in the abdominal area due to a swollen liver or spleen caused by hyperlipidemia. Because the blood in affected individuals has a high lipid content, deposits of such substances on their internal organs is a common occurrence when lipid levels in the blood rise above a certain threshold. Because the spleen is responsible for the filtering and monitoring of some substances from the blood, it is more susceptible than other organs to the accumulation of triglycerides. Likewise, the liver is responsible for the filtering of certain compounds from the blood to use for the production of digestive substances.

Since blood is continuously flowing through both the spleen and the liver, they have a higher chance of having fatty substances deposit and stick to them. This accumulation of lipid substance causes inflammation as a response from the affected individual's immune system. The combination of the lipid-based deposits and the summoned immune system components creates a collection of waxy material that results in enlargement or swelling of the liver and spleen.