metabolic syndrome

noun

Pathology.��a group of medical conditions present simultaneously in a patient, as high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol levels, and an excess of abdominal fat, that increases a person's risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

metabolic syndrome

noun

a condition associated with obesity including symptoms such as glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, and raised blood pressure, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes

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Word History and Origins

Origin of metabolic syndrome¹

First recorded in 1990–95

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“She had all the symptoms and signs of metabolic syndrome in her and none of her doctors addressed any of them.”

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We’ve long known of a link between osteoarthritis and metabolic syndrome related to obesity, but the nature of this link didn’t start to become clear until the discoveries of the past decade that underlie the invention of Ozempic, and more recently the anecdotal reports of patients like Coviello’s.

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Now we’re learning that in osteoarthritis associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome causes inflammation by activating small proteins called cytokines that activate or calm down the immune system, right in the synovium area — the space in a joint, your knee for example, bringing white blood cells, or macrophages, rushing in, another sign of inflammation.

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Nutritional deficiencies for the mother during pregnancy can increase the baby's risk of clinical obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

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Previous studies have already shown a link between individual exposure to some of these compounds during the prenatal phase and some of the factors that make up the metabolic syndrome, particularly obesity and blood pressure.

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