Hypercholesterolemia

(Hypercholesterolemia) Symptoms of high cholesterol are often surprising answers when made questions about it, why? Because most excess cholesterol has no symptoms. But if we ignore the high cholesterol, can ultimately lead to serious heart disease.

Has now surpassed heart disease as the number one cause of cancer death in the United States. High cholesterol is one component of cardiovascular disease risk factors are important. Unfortunately, there are no symptoms associated with high cholesterol. So, despite feeling well, you can still have high levels of harmful cholesterol, and we do not even know it happened.

If your cholesterol level is not within the normal range, the medical team may recommend a low-fat diet, exercise, medication, or a combination thereof. Current guidelines recommend that everyone over age 20 should get their cholesterol checked at least once every five years. However, if you have a family history of high cholesterol, or you have been diagnosed with chronic conditions, like diabetes or heart disease, you may consider checking your cholesterol more frequently. In some cases, symptoms of high cholesterol found incidentally on routine examination, and many people are surprised to be diagnosed with high cholesterol when they otherwise feel healthy.

Few things interesting, in America a unique phenomenon occurs when someone wants to apply for a job, they will be asked for a health check, an average of those who suffer from high cholesterol, hypertension will be surprised with the results of their examinations! Now how in Indonesia? When registration for Civil Servants for example, the fact that most attachments health history as a mere formality just to pass the file! This phenomenon should open our eyes about the importance of medical check-ups.