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What is high-blood-cholesterol? |
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Cholesterol is a type of fat (lipid) made by the body. It is essential for good health and is found in every cell in the body.
The main risk associated with high cholesterol is coronary heart disease (CHD). This is caused by blood vessels becoming narrowed with fatty deposits called plaques, which cholesterol contributes to. The narrowed blood vessels reduce blood flow to the heart. This can result in angina (chest pain) or, if the vessel is blocked completely, a heart attack.
Cholesterol is transported around the body in the blood attached to a protein. This fat-protein combination is called a lipoprotein. Lipoproteins can be high density (HDL), low density (LDL) or very low density (VLDL), depending on how much protein there is in relation to fat.
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What are the causes, incidence and risk factors of high-blood-cholesterol? |
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These lifestyle choices can cause or contribute to high levels of total cholesterol:
- Inactivity. Lack of exercise may lower your level of HDL cholesterol.
Obesity. Excess weight increases your triglycerides. It also lowers your HDL cholesterol and increases your VLDL cholesterol. Being overweight can create a more serious risk factor for health problems depending on how you carry the extra weight.
- Diet. Cholesterol naturally occurs in foods derived from animals, such as meat, eggs and cheese. Eating a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet contributes to an increased blood cholesterol level.
- Smoking. Cigarette smoking damages the walls of your blood vessels, making them likely to accumulate fatty deposits. Smoking may also lower your level of HDL cholesterol.
- High blood pressure. By damaging the walls of your arteries, high blood pressure can accelerate the accumulation of fatty deposits on the walls of your arteries.
- Type 2 diabetes. This type of diabetes results in a buildup of sugar levels in your blood. Chronic high blood sugar may lead to narrowing of your arteries. If you have diabetes, controlling your cholesterol and triglyceride levels may greatly reduce your risk of complications from cardiovascular disease.
- Heredity. High blood cholesterol can run in families. An inherited genetic condition (familial hypercholesterolemia) results in very high LDL cholesterol levels. It begins at birth, and results in a heart attack at an early age.
- Age and sex. Starting at puberty, men have lower levels of HDL than women. As women and men get older, their LDL cholesterol levels rise. Younger women have lower LDL cholesterol levels than men, but after age 55 they have higher levels than men.
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What are the symptoms of high-blood-cholesterol-Disease? |
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Diagnosis & Tests |
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| Measuring cholesterol involves a simple blood test. |
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How is high-blood-cholesterol-Disease cured? |
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You can use the these herbs
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as per the described procedure to get relief from high-blood-cholesterol-Disease |
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What are the complications? |
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Complications are:
- Coronary artery disease
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Chest pain
- Type 1 diabetes
- Metabolic syndrome |
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Herbs that cure high-blood-cholesterol |
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