Other than an enlarged waist circumference, which doesn’t always indicate the presence of MetS, there are typically no obvious signs or symptoms of the disease. Therefore, an evaluation by a medical doctor and blood work will be needed to determine the presence of MetS. In some cases, an individual will present with signs of specific risk factors, such as acanthosis nigricans (a darkening of the skin that appears in skin fold areas and is associated with insulin resistance) or xanthomas (yellowish-colored skin lesions that are associated with dyslipidemia).[1]
References
- ^Supreeya Swarup, Amandeep Goyal, Yulia Grigorova, Roman ZeltserMetabolic Syndrome