Triglycerides Levels

What are the symptoms and complications?

Raised triglycerides don’t usually have any signs until excessively high (1,000 to 2,000 mg/dL). At this level you will feel symptoms of pancreatitis, including upper abdominal pain and nausea. At this level you may also develop symptoms of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, such as chest pain, shortness of breath, and irregular heartbeat.

If high triglycerides are associated with the metabolic syndrome, in which levels are 150 mg/dL or higher, you might have high blood pressure, high blood sugar levels, and other symptoms that are part of this syndrome.

Levels exceeding 5,000 mg/dL are normally seen in people with genetic disorders that cause extremely high triglycerides and cholesterol. At this point, other organs may be involved, leading to:

• • • • Englarged liver and spleen;
      • Fat deposits (yellow lumps) in different parts of the body, commonly found around the eyelids and around joints;
      • Nervous system-related symptoms, such as memory loss or dementia. [7, 8]

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