Cardiovascular disease
What is hyperlipidemia?
It is a condition in which cholesterol, triglycerides, or both together rise in the blood.
Caution is needed if total cholesterol is 240mg/dl or higher, or triglycerides are 200mg/dl or higher.
Hyperlipidemia symptoms
In itself it causes no particular symptoms, so it is hard to notice.
It is detected by a blood test; hyperlipidemia is also a driver of atherosclerosis, and symptoms appear only once vascular disease (angina, stroke) develops.
Hyperlipidemia diagnosis
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Cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood
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HDL cholesterol test
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LDL cholesterol test
Hyperlipidemia treatment
Prescribing the right medication for the patient's condition is important, and lifestyle improvement is needed.
