My head is confused and sleepy

There are many reasons for feeling confused and sleepy, but we should be especially alert to the possibility of high blood lipids, especially for middle-aged and elderly people, as it can directly cause some diseases that seriously endanger human health, such as atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, pancreatitis, etc. Increased blood lipids are called hyperlipidemia. We should pay more attention to adjusting our eating habits and eating a reasonable diet. Let us take a more detailed look at some small methods and preventive measures that will be helpful to our friends.

High blood lipids are an invisible killer. The damage it causes to our body is covert, gradual and systemic. At the beginning, we often don’t feel any discomfort at all, that is to say, its symptoms are very subtle. Many people are discovered during a physical examination or when doing tests for other diseases.

High blood lipids are also fatal

Hyperlipidemia can be complicated by many other diseases, such as arteriosclerosis, heart problems, problems with blood supply to the brain, abnormal liver function, kidney problems, etc. Some people even have hyperlipidemia and pancreatitis, which may become symptoms of hyperlipidemia. But I definitely don’t recommend that you wait until then to discover that your blood lipids are high, so finding high blood lipids during a physical examination should be good news. Otherwise, it would be more serious if you wait until complications occur.

Therefore, I would like to remind everyone to pay attention to the early signs of hyperlipidemia. Although its symptoms are very subtle, there are still some. As long as we care enough about our physical condition and try hard to find any possible clues, we can nip high blood lipids in the bud. One of the important symptoms is dizziness, drowsiness and confusion.

If you always feel sleepy, you should pay attention

You may think that feeling sleepy is normal. We feel sleepy in spring, tired in autumn, take naps in summer, and cannot wake up in winter. What does it mean? It can explain a lot of problems. If a person feels very sleepy during the day and cannot wake up at night, this may be a sign that the body is about to develop a certain disease. So in life, we must pay attention to the signs of excessive sleepiness.

For example, if you are older and your cerebral blood vessels are hardened, atrophied, or have lipid deposition, the permeability of the blood-brain barrier will decrease, causing hypoxia and ischemia in the brain tissue. Over time, you may suffer from cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral infarction, cerebral atrophy, and cerebral thrombosis. The first symptoms are drowsiness and lack of energy due to lack of oxygen to the brain.

Precautions

1. Adjust your diet and reduce the intake of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol.

2. Adjust your lifestyle and work style, actively participate in physical activities, avoid sitting for long periods of time, and control your weight. Quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption.

3. People with a family history of coronary heart disease, diabetes and primary hyperlipidemia should undergo comprehensive examinations of blood lipids, blood sugar, liver function, etc. regularly every year.

4. Men over 40 years old and women after menopause should undergo comprehensive blood lipid tests regularly every year.

5. In order to detect hyperlipidemia early and in time, it is recommended that all adults over 20 years old should check their plasma total cholesterol levels regularly. Plasma triglyceride levels should be measured in all patients with pancreatitis.

6. Take health products that have the function of regulating blood lipids to prevent hyperlipidemia by regulating total cholesterol and triglycerides.