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Hyperlipidemia

Introduction: Hyperlipidemia

Description of Hyperlipidemia

Hyperlipidemia (medical condition): Hyperlipoproteinemia is a medical term for high levels of lipids in...more »

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Hyperlipoproteinemia:
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Hyperlipidemia: High blood lipid levels.

Hyperlipidemia: presence of excess lipids in the blood.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Hyperlipidemia: excess of lipids in the blood.
Source: CRISP

Hyperlipidemia: Conditions with excess LIPIDS in the blood.
Source: MeSH 2007

Hyperlipidemia: Related Topics

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

• Excess
• Lipids (40 causes)
• Blood (1783 causes)
• Blood symptoms (2297 causes)
• Blood disease
• Blood disorder

Hyperlipidemia as a Disease

Hyperlipidemia: Another name for Hyperlipoproteinemia (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Hyperlipoproteinemia
  »Symptoms of Hyperlipoproteinemia
  »Treatments for Hyperlipoproteinemia

Hyperlipidemia: Related Diseases

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

• Cholesterol metabolism conditions
• Lipid metabolism conditions
• Metabolic conditions
• Blood conditions

Causes of Hyperlipidemia

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

• Fructose-1, 6-diphosphatase deficiency
• Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
• Etretinate
• Parenteral nutrition
• Obesity

See full list of 14 causes of Hyperlipidemia (Hyperlipoproteinemia)

Symptoms of Hyperlipidemia (Hyperlipoproteinemia)

Some of the symptoms of Hyperlipidemia incude:

• Asymptomatic in early stages
• Xanthoma
• High cholesterol level
• High LDL
• Yellowish patches around eyelids

See full list of 9 symptoms of Hyperlipidemia (Hyperlipoproteinemia)

Treatments for Hyperlipidemia (Hyperlipoproteinemia)

Treatments for Hyperlipidemia (Hyperlipoproteinemia) include:

• Dietary and lifestyle changes, cholesterol-reducing medications such as statins, bile acid sequestrants and lipid lowering agents

Read more about treatments for Hyperlipidemia

Treatment of Hyperlipidemia: For more treatment information about Hyperlipidemia, see treatment of Hyperlipoproteinemia (Hyperlipidemia)

Hyperlipidemia as a Symptom

Hyperlipidemia (symptom): elevated lipid levels in the blood...more »

Hyperlipidemia (symptom): See Hyperlipidemia (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Hyperlipidemia:

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Hyperlipidemia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Hyperlipidemia:

• corneal arcus
• lipemia retinalis
• xanthelesma
• mixed hyperlipoproteinemia
• hypertriglyceridemia
• Diet
• Familial combined hyperlipidaemia
• Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia
• Hypothyroidism
• Cholestasis
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Anorexia nervosa
• Diuretics
• Immunosuppressive agents
• Hepatoma
• Dysglobulinaemias

Terms associated with Hyperlipidemia:

Terms Similar to Hyperlipidemia:

• lipemia
• lipaemia
• lipidemia
• lipidaemia
• lipoidemia
• lipoidaemia
• hyperlipemia
• hyperlipaemia
• hyperlipidaemia
• hyperlipoidemia
• hyperlipoidaemia

Source - WordNet 2.1

• Hyperlipemia

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Hyperlipidemia:

• Hypercholesterolemia
• Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined
• Hyperlipoproteinemias
• Hypertriglyceridemia

Source - MeSH 2007

• hypercholesterolemia
• hypertriglyceridemia

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Hyperlipidemia

• Dyslipidemias

Source - MeSH 2007

• blood disorder
• lipid disorder

Source - CRISP

• symptom

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Hyperlipidemia can be used for:

• hyperlipemia

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Hyperlipidemia:

• gemfibrozil

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Hyperlipidemia

The following list attempts to classify Hyperlipidemia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Metabolic Diseases
    • Lipid Metabolism Disorders
      • Dyslipidemias
        • Hyperlipidemias

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