Understanding the underlying cause can help you care for your lips properly and support their recovery
Hormones, appetite signaling, stress, sleep, insulin resistance, and inflammation all play a role
Fortunately, GLP1 medications are now FDA-indicated for multiple indications beyond weight management and diabetes, including: Major cardiovascular event (heart attack and/or stroke) risk reduction in adults with cardiovascular disease and overweight or obesity Metabolic dysfunctionassociated steatohepatitis (MASH) Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults with obesity When one medication can address multiple conditions, it simplifies care and reduces polypharmacy
With paucity of high-quality data informing practice, anaesthetists must employ higher vigilance towards patients using GLP-1 agonists, acknowledging the already elevated risks these patients have for complex airways
Frith and Ward 1988;Frith and Wiley 1982
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