High cholesterol symptoms

Cholesterol is a lipid (fat), which is mainly produced in the liver and is essential for normal body functioning. Cholesterol is present in the outer layer (plasma membrane) of each cell of our body and has many features. This is wax-like steroid and transported in the blood plasma of all animals. This is the main sterol synthesized by animals, but small amounts are also synthesized in plants and fungi. The word "cholesterol" comes from the Greek word chole, meaning "bile" and the Greek word stereos, meaning "hard." Cholesterol is not quite the right name for this substance

What High cholesterol symptoms can include

High cholesterol symptoms do not exist in the sense that the patient or physician cannot identify them by touch or sight. High cholesterol symptoms levels are detected, if you have symptoms of atherosclerosis, a generally accepted consequence of having high cholesterol. High cholesterol symptoms may include:

• narrowing of the coronary arteries of the heart (and as a consequence - angina);

• Pain in the legs with exercise - because the arteries that supply the legs are narrowed;

• Blood clots and rupture of blood vessels - this can cause a stroke or transient ischemic attacks (mini-stroke);

• The gap plaques - this can lead to coronary thrombosis (a blood clot formed in one of the arteries, which deliver blood to the heart). If this causes considerable damage to the heart muscle, it can lead to heart failure;

• xanthoma - yellow spots on the skin, especially around the eyes. They are, in fact, deposits of cholesterol in the blood. This often occurs in people who have inherited high susceptibility to cholesterol (familial hypercholesterolemia or inherited).