Skinny body but have high cholesterol
Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 08:08 Written by putra Monday, 26 July 2010 01:56
High cholesterol levels are associated with people who are obese or overweight. But people who have a lean body also has the same likelihood of having high cholesterol.
“Cholesterol is fat that is in the blood rather than fat under the skin. So people who might have a lean body, high cholesterol,” said dr. Dante Saksono H, SpPD, PhD.
Dr. Dante adds that people who are overweight or obese tend to have high cholesterol because of insulin resistance causes fat metabolism changed. But that does not mean that skinny people are unlikely to have high cholesterol.
What are symptoms of high cholesterol?
High cholesterol in body did not show any symptoms or complaints in person. Usually people only realized when it occurs high complications such as heart disease and stroke if the blood vessels and interfere with hypertension.
“If someone has hypertension, high cholesterol then it will cause pain in the back of the head neck,” he said.
Dr. Dante adds clinically there are some things that can become a first indication a person has high cholesterol, namely the deposition of fat above the eyelid. Usually these heaps containing triglyceride (fatty acid molecules) high. But this only happens on a small portion of people.
Better for the already aged over 40 years old should be doing cholesterol checks annually. But for those who already have disorders such as high blood cholesterol could not hurt to check cholesterol since the age of 25 years.
Someone said to have high cholesterol levels, if the total value of the cholesterol of more than 240 mg / dl blood. If someone can detect high cholesterol before complications occur, it is expected that these complications do not occur.
To lower high cholesterol levels, patients are required to make low-fat diet, exercise diligently, for those who try to quit smoking and if necessary the patient should be taking drugs.
High cholesterol will not cause any symptoms until the occurrence of complications, for it does no harm to apply healthy living by eating right and exercising diligently.
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