Hypertriglyceridemia: Complications

The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by hypertriglyceridemia:

Eyes and ocular appendages (H00-H59).

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).

Somatopause, premature – due todegradation of triglycerides to free fatty acids (FA) and glycerol → suppression of growth hormone secretion (synonyms: somatotropic hormone (STH), somatotropin) as a feedback response by free fatty acids (FFS).

Skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99).

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)

Aneurysm (blood vessel outpouching).
Apoplexy (stroke)
Atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries)
Premature coronary heart disease (CHD; narrowing or occlusion of coronary arteries – vessels supplying the heart) – with the risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack).
Heart valve disease
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (pAVK) – progressive narrowing or occlusion of the arteries supplying the arms / (more often) legs, usually due to atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerosis).

Liver, gallbladder and bile ducts – pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).

Mouth, esophagus (esophagus), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).

Mesenteric infarction – occlusion of the vessels supplying the intestine with necrosis (death) of the affected section.

Neoplasms (C00-D48)

Colorectal carcinoma (carcinomas of the colon (large intestine) and rectum (rectum)) – considered independent risk factors:
- Hypercholesterolemia (elevated total cholesterol).
- Hypertriglyceridemia

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)

Transient ischemic attack (TIA) – sudden onset of circulatory disturbance in the brain leading to neurologic dysfunction that resolves within 24 hours.

Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).

Chronic inflammation (inflammation)-to be detected, for example, by elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP); leads to sequelae such as renal failure or myocardial infarction (heart attacks)

Genitourinary system (N00-N99).