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Be Sure You Know The Symptoms Of High Cholesterol

October 11th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed

Generally speaking, almost all of the symptoms of high cholesterol are rare and hard to determine. Almost always cholesterol levels are found by taking a routine blood test; moreover, if symptoms of high blood pressure are present or do exist in a patient, then chances are the patient’s high cholesterol levels have led to much more serious condition.

The good news is that while it is hard to detect, high cholesterol is not impossible to find. Severe high cholesterol levels can cause xanthomas, which is when the tendons and joints become bogged down with excessive fat deposits. Other serious symptoms can be enlargement of the spleen and liver.

Liver or spleen enlargement can usually be determined by a physician simply touching the areas; a liver or spleen enlargement is fairly easy to detect. In addition, another symptom of severely high cholesterol could be severe abdominal pain caused by pancreatitis.

For most patients with high cholesterol levels, there are no noticeable symptoms, as stated earlier. However, high cholesterol can lead to much more serious conditions. These conditions can lead to death. The more serious condition include peripheral vascular disease, hypertension, and heart disease.

Ischeamia, which is a conditions that causes blockage in the coronary arteries and in turn, lessens the heart’s oxygen supply, is caused solely by out of control cholesterol levels. This condition is almost always the first step towards heart attack, as well as other serious circulatory diseases.

On rare occasions, people with particular lipid disorders may display unique symptoms of high blood pressure; those who suffer from disorders like familial hypercholesterolemia, may display clear and distinct symptoms of high blood pressure such as abnormal and excessive cholesterol deposits that form and collect in skin around the eyes as well as eyelid tissues.

The cholesterol deposits may also cause small lumps or boil type appearances in the hands and feet; the abnormal cholesterol deposits may also cause a yellowish, streaking discoloration of the hands, legs and feet.