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 body itself and brought into the body through eating foods such as animal meats, which ...more

Hypercholesterolemia: See also:

High Cholesterol:
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Hypercholesterolemia: Excessive cholesterol in the blood.

Hypercholesterolemia: hypercholesteremiahypercholesterinemia The presence of an abnormally large amount of cholesterol in the blood.
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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 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:

• Blood conditions
• Under-diagnosed conditions
• Silent conditions

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 when high-fat foods are consumed and when the body’s cholesterol level is higher than necessary for normal cell functioning. The resulting high blood cholesterol is a condition that greatly increases your chances of developing coronary heart disease. That is because extra cholesterol in the blood settles on the inner walls of the arteries, narrowing them, allowing less blood to pass through them to the heart. The higher your total blood cholesterol level, the greater your heart disease risk. (Source: excerpt from High Blood Cholesterol: NWHIC)

Hypercholesterolemia as a Symptom

Hypercholesterolemia (symptom): is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood.

Hypercholesterolemia (symptom): See Hypercholesterolemia (symptom information).

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Terms associated with Hypercholesterolemia:

Terms Similar to Hypercholesterolemia:

• hypercholesteremia

Source - WordNet 2.1

• Hypercholesteremia

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Hypercholesterolemia:

• familial hypercholesterolemia

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Hypercholesterolemia

• Hyperlipidemias

Source - MeSH 2007

• hyperlipidemia

Source - CRISP

• symptom

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Hypercholesterolemia can be used for:

• hypercholesteremia

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Hypercholesterolemia

The following list attempts to classify Hypercholesterolemia 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
          • Hypercholesterolemia

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