Increasing the role of doctors of different specialties in the prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome

Abstract

The metabolic syndrome (MS) is a complex of metabolic, hormonal and clinical disorders based on insulin resistance and compensatory hyperinsulinemia. [1] The relevance of the problem in the present-day healthcare is conditioned, on the one hand, by its high incidence among the general population (20--40%); on the other hand, its significantly adverse effect on the degree of cardiovascular risk and mortality. [2, 3] Isolation of MS is of great practical importance: on the one hand, is a reversible condition, i.e. appropriate treatment can help achieve disappearance or reduction of the severity of its basic manifestations; on the other hand, it is a prerequisite for such diseases as diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 and atherosclerosis, which are currently the main causes of early disability and high mortality. Thus, the relevance of introducing into clinical practice of methods for early diagnosis of nutritional disorders in patients with MS causes no doubts.