These are signs to connect with your doctor.
While these metrics are used to diagnose metabolic disease, there are sneakier signs that there is a problem.
Heres what to look forand how to treat it.
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6 Sneaky Signs You Have Metabolic Syndrome
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If youre tired oftenespecially if you think youre getting adequate sleepits worth seeing your doctor.
Skin tags are little harmless growths that are called acrochordons.
You Have Frequent Headaches
There are manycauses of headaches: dehydration, stress, screen overuse.
(Typically, though, hypertension does not cause a headache unless blood pressure becomes extremely elevated.)
How Is Metabolic Syndrome Diagnosed?
More specifically, doctors are looking at the following numbers.
While a diagnosis can feel alarming, maintaining perspective is helpful.
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