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5/2/2023
According to the Mayo Clinic, cholesterol “is a waxy substance” found in the blood, which, although it has been associated as an unfavorable plaque for the body, it should be noted that HDL cholesterol has the ability to participate in the formation of healthy cells, something that does not happen with LDL, which when deposited in the arteries favors the development of heart diseases.
It is then that he also mentions that the person with critical ischemia feels cold feet, observes them as blue or pale. Also, from being regularly tired or fatigued.
Another name given to high cholesterol is hypercholesterolemia, which although its causes may be genetic, it cannot be ignored that diets rich in fats and physical inactivity are factors that affect it, even the increase in cholesterol is related to fats of animal origin.
However, it should be mentioned that diseases such as hypothyroidism and/or obesity account for high levels of this lipid.
women and high cholesterol
Healthline points out that women tend to have high levels of high cholesterol more than men – without them being exempt – because estrogen affects it. Even menstruation is also a factor in which women may have a higher diagnosis of elevated levels of this lipid in the blood.
It is then that all the changes that women experience revolve around this hormone, for example, those who are over 50 years of age, because before the arrival of menopause they not only have high cholesterol, but they can also observe weight gain .
This is why the risk factors for heart disease and high cholesterol in a woman can be:
- Diabetes: The World Health Organization (WHO) states that “the number of people with diabetes rose from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. The prevalence of this disease has been increasing more rapidly in low-income and middle-income countries than in in those with high income.
- High blood pressure: The Mayo Clinic points out that high blood pressure is the “force that blood exerts once morest the walls of your arteries”, which causes complications on the heart.
It is worth mentioning that this condition is also called hypertension and the symptoms are not perceived by those who present it, so it can be even more dangerous. Nevertheless, some may have headaches and nose bleeds.
- Obesity: “In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults aged 18 and over were overweight, of whom more than 650 million were obese,” says the WHO.
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): “is a condition in which a woman has very high levels of hormones (androgens),” according to the US National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus.
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