[ICD 10 Search]

Back
[ICD 10 Search]

Hypertriglyceridemia

**{{{Name|Hypertriglyceridemia}}}**
[[Image:{{{Image}}}\|190px\|center\|]] {{{Caption\|}}}
ICD-10	E78.1, E78.2, E78.3
ICD-O:	{{{ICDO}}}
ICD-9	272.1
OMIM	}}}
MedlinePlus	}}}
eMedicine	}}}
DiseasesDB	}}}

In medicine, hypertriglyceridemia (or "Hypertriglyceridaemia") denotes high (hyper-) blood levels (-emia) of triglycerides, the most abundant fattymolecule in most organisms. It has been associated with atherosclerosis, even in the absence of hypercholesterolemia(high cholesterollevels). It can also lead to pancreatitisin excessive concentrations. Very high triglyceride levels may also interfere with blood tests; hyponatremiamay be reported spuriously (pseudohyponatremia).

A related term is "Hyperglyceridemia" or "Hyperglyceridaemia", which refers to a high level of all glycerides, including monoglycerides, diglycerides and triglycerides.

Causes include

idiopathic(constitutional)
obesity
high fatdiet
Diabetes mellitus(sugar diabetes) and insulin resistance
excess alcoholintake

Treatment

Treatment of hypertriglyceridemia is by fat restriction in the diet, as well as with fibratesand statins(two classes of drugs). High doses of fish oilscontaining omega-3fatty acidsmay help.

Image:Star of life2.png

This medicalarticle is a stub. You can helpWikipedia by expanding it.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertriglyceridemia Wikipedia article Hypertriglyceridemia.

All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License