Ukusebenzisana kwezici zengozi yezempilo
I-metabolic syndrome akusona isifo esithile, kodwa ukusebenzisana kwezici eziningana zengozi eziqinisanayo. Ushukela wegazi ophakeme ungaholela ekungazweleni kwe-insulin (insulin resistance) ngaleyo ndlela uholele esifweni sikashukela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uphazamisa i-metabolism yamafutha, kangangokuthi ama-triglyceride egazini ayakhuphuka. Lokhu kuthinta amazinga e-cholesterol: i-HDL cholesterol, ebizwa ngokuthi yi-“cholesterol enhle” ngenxa yomthelela wayo omuhle ekugayweni kwamafutha, iyehla – futhi izinga lamafutha egazi liqhubeka likhuphuka.
Ushukela namafutha amaningi egazini kuholela ekuqineni kwemithambo yegazi, kuvele umfutho wegazi ophakeme (arterial). Ngenxa ye-arteriosclerosis imithambo yegazi iyancipha; uma umfutho wegazi ophakeme uqhubeka, izicubu nezitho azisatholi igazi elanele. Lokhu kungaholela ezifweni zenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi nasekulimaleni kwezitho. Uma inhliziyo ingasatholi umoya-mpilo owanele, kungalandela ukuhlaselwa yinhliziyo, kanti ebuchosheni unhlangothi.