A patients with the X syndrome was diagnosed in the Department of Endocrine and Diabetes in Bach Mai Hospital
- Author:
Bay Quang Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
X syndrome
- MeSH:
Metabolic Syndrome X;
diagnosis
- From:Pharmaceutical Journal
1999;370(8):29-31
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Recent changes in lifestyle such as high-fat diet and inactivity have promoted a metabolic disorder titled syndrome X. At the moment, it is very rare in Vietnam but the prevalence of this syndrome is going to significantly increases in next decades. In Endocrinology and Diabetic Dept- Bach Mai Hospital, we found a 44 year-old patient, who met the basic criteria of the syndrome X: Hypertension, central obesity and high fasting serum Insulin. He has mild dyslipidemia. All members of his family, including his mother and his sister are also suffering from syndrome X with hypertension, obesity and overt diabetes mellitus. This patient was advised to have diet with caloric restriction and exercise to improve insulin resistance. He has been using gemfibrozil (Lopid) and metformin. After 2 months, he has lost 6 kilograms and felt better. His blood pressure was controlled without antihypertensive drugs
