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What is it?
Causes and Dangers
LDL
HDL
Diagnosis and Treatment
100
What is cholesterol?
What is a waxy, fat-like substance.
100
What is the most common cause of hypercholesterolemia?
What is foods high in saturated fats and cholesterol.
100
What does LDL stand for?
What is low density cholesterol.
100
What does HDL stand for?
What is high density cholesterol.
100
How is it primarily treated?
What is a changed diet.
200
Where should cholesterol be found?
What is in cell membranes and plasma.
200
Why do doctors always ask if high cholesterol runs in your family?
Because it is hereditary.
200
What is bad cholesterol?
What is LDL.
200
What is good cholesterol?
What is HDL.
200
What is another way, besides diet, to help lower cholesterol?
What is exercising.
300
What can hypercholesterolemia mainly lead to?
What is various cardiovascular diseases.
300
What problem can hypercholesterolemia lead to in the arteries?
What is the narrowing of them due to blockage.
300
Why is LDL the "bad" cholesterol?
Because it tends to deposit in the walls of the arteries.
300
Why is it considered to be the "good" cholesterol?
Because high levels seem to protect against cardiovascular disease.
300
What can a doctor do if high cholesterol persists after a changed diet and exercise schedule?
What is prescribe medicine.
400
What organ converts fats to cholesterol?
What is the liver.
400
What is a common "promoter" of high cholesterol?
What is diabetes.
400
What does LDL do?
It carries insoluable cholesterol throughout the body.
400
What does HDL do?
It removes harmful cholesterol from the bloodstream where it doesnt belong.
400
How are cholesterol levels diagnosed?
What is a blood test called Lipoprotein profile.
500
What is the normal total cholesterol level?
What is 200 milligrams per decileter or less.
500
What is the biggest danger of hypercholesterolemia?
What is death.
500
What is the proper amount of LDL?
What is about 80-100 milligrams per decileter.
500
What does HDL do with excess LDL?
It returns it to the liver where it can be reprocessed.
500
What does the Lipoprotein profile give information about? Be specific, there are 3.
What is LDL, HDL, and triglycerides.