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RE: Why some healthy individuals die suddenly?
@tfcoates Great analysis ! You mentionned that we need first a damage in the arterial wall, it can be caused by a lot of conditions and risk factors, then comes cholesterol as an opportunistic infiltrator.Well that's my point but still can high cholesterol levels cause arterial damage in the first place ? I checked your profile (By the way it's a great one )and i can see that you are a med student, so have you ever heard about Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) ? It's a condition marked by high LDL and choesterol levels from birth, generally these individuals die from heart attacks before the age of 20 ! And that's only one dyslipidemia, there are countless diseases out there
Hey, thanks for that! Yes I've heard of the condition, though I'll admit I've never seen it in practice! I didn't know there were other forms of dyslipidaemia, I tend to use the term interchangeably with hypercholesterinaemia... thanks for the info, always love to learn new things!