A heart attack ended the life of Itziar Castro on December 8. At 46 years old, Ella Itziar had already transcended the role of actress. She was a tireless activist who embraced multiple causes and fought machismo, homophobia and fatphobia, becoming an icon of diversity.
LIKE BOTERO’S MUSES. Itziar Castro’s life was marked by an illness, lipedema. She herself wanted to highlight it in 2020, in full confinement, when she published a photograph of herself on her social networks in which she recreated a painting by Botero, making her problem very clear.
Lipedema has been one of the last pathologies recognized by the OMSwhich did not include it in the list of diseases until 2018. This chronic pathology, for which there is no cure, is among the most underdiagnosed despite the fact that it affects approximately 20% of the world’s population, with 99% of patients being women.
WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF? Lipedema is a disease progressive of fatty tissue that affects almost exclusively women and is characterized by an accumulation of pathological fat, predominantly in the arms and legs. It is not clear what the origin of the problem is, although it has been proven that two different components influence it: genetic and hormonal, since it frequently begins or intensifies coinciding with a change in blood levels. hormones (puberty, pregnancy, menopause, taking the contraceptive pill…).
Once the disease begins, the diseased fat cells in the legs and arms progressively increase in size, giving rise to a specific distribution of fat. fat. That is precisely the main characteristic of lipedema: the disproportion between the legs or arms and the rest of the body. The greater volume of adipose cells leads to an increase in pressure in the tissues, which triggers the most important symptom of this pathology: pain.
The pain in the initial stages can be very mild, but increases with the progression of the disease. Pain in the legs or arms is present at rest and usually increases with time. exercise. It is also very common to present pain on palpation and experience a continuous sensation of heaviness. Also, due to capillary fragility, the formation of spontaneous bruises on the legs is common. Lipedema can worsen until it leads to lipolymphedema, a serious involvement of the lymphatic system that can even lead to amputation of the affected limb.
2023-12-18 00:09:17
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