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Symptoms of metabolic syndrome
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Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
Metabolic syndrome is a polysymptomatic condition, and the patient's complaints depend on the presence and severity of clinical components.
Symptoms of metabolic syndrome include:
- periodic headaches (due to arterial hypertension);
- weakness and fatigue;
- shortness of breath with little physical exertion, and in moderate forms - even at rest;
- appoe in a dream,
- chest pain (due to coronary heart disease);
- itching of the skin, maceration of the skin in the groin and armpit areas;
- increased appetite (due to hyperinsulinemia);
- excess body weight with predominant abdominal deposition of adipose tissue;
- dry mouth, thirst, polyuria (due to type 2 diabetes).
In addition to the characteristic obesity and metabolic abnormalities, common clinical manifestations of metabolic syndrome are: coronary heart disease, angina, impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes mellitus. Even with intact glucose tolerance in individuals who are not overweight, the presence of insulin resistance and hyperglycemia contributes to the development of hypertriglyceridemia, increased LDL, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and increases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
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