Lipodystrophy is a rare disease that deserves attention so that those affected receive effective treatment. Your world day reminds us that efforts must continue.
Rare diseases are a pending account of most health systems on the planet. This time we focus on lipodystrophy, which is a pathology with an incidence of 4.7 cases per million inhabitants. Such a figure has led to slow progress in its treatment, which increases the importance of World Lipodystrophy Day.
The day selected for the commemoration is March 31. In this way, its elementary motives are entrepreneurship, awareness, exposure and the creation of strategic alliances that facilitate pressure on state actions in different areas of the world.
To understand in greater detail the impact of World Lipodystrophy Day, we will review what it is, the objectives of its commemoration, the activities, the importance of giving it visibility and how it is possible to contribute.
What is lipodystrophy?
Lipodystrophy is a disease that affects adipose tissue. In other words, it causes the distribution of fat in different areas of the body to be uneven.
How does this abnormality affect? To begin with, we must determine the importance of fatty tissue in the body. One of its essential functions is energy storage. It also has an influence on metabolic balance. In this sense, those who suffer from lipodystrophy see this adipose quality reduced.
All this makes the body look for other organs to house the necessary fat. For this reason, the concept of ectopic fat appears, which is defined as that which accumulates outside the adipose tissue itself.
Continuing, ectopic fat – for people with lipodystrophy – affects the pancreas, liver and some muscles in a majority way.
Therefore, the detrimental outcome is in all the deficiencies that said ectopic fat can promote. Among the major disturbances we can mention the following:
Diabetes.
Inflammation of the liver
Subfertility (inability to achieve pregnancy after 1 year of attempts).
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