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Usually no symptoms

If you have elevated cholesterol in your blood, this in itself NO symptoms. As a rule, discovered the value of a cholesterol blood test, often randomly measured on a health check, one company control or because the doctor still taking blood tests for something else.

Visible signs

Highly elevated cholesterol levels can cause cholesterol deposits visible on the body:

* As a white ring on the cornea, along the outer edge of the cornea. This is called Arcus senilis cornea.
* As a white cushion-shaped skin lesions, often at the eyes. This is called xantelasmer.
* As a thickening cholesterol nodules under the skin or along hælsenen (achilles). This is called xantomer.

Increased risk of several diseases

An elevated cholesterol level over time leads to increased risk of heart disease, stroke, non-bone or erection problems. Such diseases can be the first signs of elevated cholesterol if it is not measured at the doctor earlier.

Angina, or angina pectoris, a condition where it is cramped heart muscle small arteries because of cholesterol build-up. Blood vessels that supply the heart muscle (coronary vessels) are small and thin, and if in addition to cholesterol deposits on the inside of these will be very bad passage, and the muscles in the heart may be inadequate supply of blood and oxygen.

When the heart muscle gets enough oxygen for the angina (angina). If the arteries close completely by cholesterol deposits and blood products, muscle blood vessel that supplies the die, and we call it when a heart attack. A heart for chest pain that does not provide by itself or after nitroglycerine, and this is a serious and potentially fatal condition. In the U.S., 600,000 people die annually from heart disease due to atherosclerosis.

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