Hypercholesterolemia

What is Hypercholesterolemia?

Hypercholesterolemia is the medical term for high levels of blood cholesterol.

Here are the facts about Hypercholesterolemia:

• Too much cholesterol in the blood is a major risk for coronary heart disease (which can lead to a heart attack) and stroke.

• High cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia) is, for the most part, preventable and treatable. A healthy diet, regular exercise, and for some people, medication can go a long way toward reducing their high cholesterol.

• If left untreated, high cholesterol levels (hypercholesterolemia), or more accurately, higher concentrations of LDL cholesterol and lower or not enough concentrations of functional HDL cholesterol, are strongly associated with the onset of cardiovascular disease.
• Cardiovascular Disease refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system, although they mainly involve the heart or the blood vessels.