Hypercholesterolemia

Introduction: Hypercholesterolemia

Description of Hypercholesterolemia

Hypercholesterolemia (medical condition): Cholesterol is a naturally occurring waxy, fat-like substance that is present in your blood and in the body's cells. It is both made by the ...more

Hypercholesterolemia: See also:

High Cholesterol:
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Hypercholesterolemia: Excessive cholesterol in the blood.

Hypercholesterolemia: the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Hypercholesterolemia: abnormally high levels of cholesterol in the blood.
Source: CRISP

Hypercholesterolemia: A condition with abnormally high levels of CHOLESTEROL in the blood. It is defined as a cholesterol value exceeding the 95th percentile for the population.
Source: MeSH 2007

Hypercholesterolemia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Hypercholesterolemia:

Cholesterol (40 causes)
Blood (1783 causes)
Blood symptoms (2297 causes)
Blood disease
Blood disorder

Hypercholesterolemia as a Disease

Hypercholesterolemia: Another name for High Cholesterol (or close medical condition association).
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Hypercholesterolemia: Related Diseases

Hypercholesterolemia: Hypercholesterolemia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

Causes of Hypercholesterolemia

Some of the causes of Hypercholesterolemia are included in the list below:

Diabetes - some sources claim that diabetes alters lipids leading to cholesterol elevation.
Hypothyroidism - some sources claim that hypothyroidism alters lipids leading to cholesterol elevation.
Cushing's syndrome
Chronic renal insufficiency
Familial hypercholesterolemia

See full list of 27 causes of Hypercholesterolemia (High Cholesterol)

Symptoms of Hypercholesterolemia (High Cholesterol)

Some of the symptoms of Hypercholesterolemia incude:

No symptoms - high cholesterol typically has no noticable symptoms. It is usually found by routine blood tests
Asymptomatic in early stages
Xanthoma
Yellowish patches around eyelids
Whitish edges of cornea

See full list of 6 symptoms of Hypercholesterolemia (High Cholesterol)

Treatments for Hypercholesterolemia (High Cholesterol)

Treatments for Hypercholesterolemia (High Cholesterol) include:

Cholesterol medications
- Hormone Replacement Therapy - for menopausal women.
- Statins
  - Lovastatin
  - Simvastatin

See full list of 34 treatments for Hypercholesterolemia

Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia: For more treatment information about Hypercholesterolemia, see treatment of High Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia)

Hypercholesterolemia: Article Excerpts about High Cholesterol

Cholesterol is a fatty substance produced by the liver to help meet the body’s need for hormones and bile acids. It also enters the body... (Source: excerpt from High Blood Cholesterol: NWHIC)