Can you give me an overview of familial hypercholesterolemia?

Answer by  Ann89 (613)

Familial hypercholesterolemia tends to be inherited from family members. It is classified as bad cholesterol referred to as LDL. It cause a number of medical conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity and heart attack. This condition needs to be managed by a medical doctor. May prescribe medication to help control the condition.

Answer by  MedStudent01 (1131)

This is a genetic syndrome where a person cannot properly metabolize cholesterol in the body and has symptoms such as xanthalasmas, cholesterol growths on the body, and stroke risks.

Answer by  arthi (336)

familial hypercholesterolemia is more like hereditary disorder which has been proved with lot of scientific reference for example if our forefathers has high cholesterol levels there is 99 percent possiblity that his orffsprings too can develop this disorder and this disease can be attributed bo modern day junk food culture which is a fantasy among the young ones