High cholesterol is not a serious problem when treated properly. But the untreated high cholesterol may increases the risk of many serious ailments. Usually the health complications caused due to high cholesterol are depends on which arteries or blood vessels are blocked or narrowed. Some of these diseases cause because of high cholesterol are
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the main health problems related with high cholesterol. The blood cholesterol level of your body plays an important role in getting heart disease. If your body is with very high cholesterol, it builds up on your arteries wall. This usually results in plaque which leads to hardening of the arteries or atherosclerosis. This condition later makes the arteries narrow and slow down the blood flow to the heart which leads to angina (chest pain) or heart attack which is very deadly disease.
Stroke is caused when the blood supply to the brain is reduced. Peripheral vascular disease and Type 2 diabetes are other types of disease caused due to high cholesterol. Usually people with diabetes have increased triglycerides, decreased HDL, increased triglycerides and increased LDL sometimes. This condition may cause more plaques.
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