Metaabolic Syndrome Case Study

It is estimated that 27- 34% or 1 in 5 Americans are living with Metabolic syndrome. Understanding it is a condition, not a specific disease, assessing for and identifying Metabolic syndrome can be difficult for a health care provider.
After reviewing these suggested websites, or other evidenced based journals or websites related to Metabolic syndrome, please answer the following questions: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/ms/ http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/MetabolicSyndrome/Metabolic-Syndrome_UCM_002080_SubHomePage.jsp

#2- You are discharging a 48 year-old female patient recently diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. The patient has a complex medical history, including a BMI> 30, HTN, triglyceride level- 191 mg/dL, and shortness of breath. Which education points would you focus on related to her recent diagnosis and possible development of Metabolic syndrome.
In this case study, the patient has already been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, and hypertension, along with having a triglycreide level of 191 (a level of 151 or higher presents a contributing factor for MBS). She has already surpassed three of the risk factors for MBS. Hypertension, a raised BMI of over 30—indicative of obesity—and a high triglyceride level. A triglyceride level of 191 is borderline high, that being 150 - 199 mg/dL. An abnormal triglyceride level may be due to poorly controlled diabetes. Therefore, there is a direct correlation between the two. She also has shortness of breath, congruent with hypertension that would correlate strongly with heart