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Cholesterol Raised
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Cholesterol Raised
Elevated levels of cholesterol. Cholesterol is a type of fat that is essential for many of the body's metabolic processes. High blood cholesterol levels increase your risk of developing coronary artery disease. The 'ideal' level of total cholesterol in the blood is less than 5 mmol/l. Between 5 and 6.4 mmol/l is considered 'high'.
Symptom classification
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Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
20- Angina
- Atherosclerosis
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Diabetes Type 2
- Dyslipidemia
- Familial Hypercholesterolemia
- Fatty Liver
- Gout
- Hashimotos Thyroiditis
- Hypercholesterolaemia
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity
- Pancreatitis
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Renal Paraneoplastic Syndrome
- Type I Hyperlipoproteinemia
- Type II Hyperlipoproteinemia
- Type IV Hyperlipoproteinemia
- Type V Hyperlipoproteinemia
- Wolmans Disease