From PMOS to CKM: The silent metabolic crisis behind new disease names

From PMOS to CKM: The silent metabolic crisis behind new disease names

Metabolic dysfunction often develops silently for years before conditions like diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, or fatty liver are diagnosed. Experts say many seemingly separate illnesses—including MASLD (formerly fatty liver), PMOS (formerly PCOS), and CKM syndrome—share the same underlying metabolic imbalance involving blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure, and fat regulation. Warning signs such as increasing waist size, fatigue, fa…