However, when too much “bad” cholesterol builds up in the blood, it can lead to narrowing or even clogging of the arteries, which increases the risk of heart attack, heart disease orstroke). Knowing the normal blood cholesterol level, the causes and the warning signs of high cholesterol is the best way to guard once morest this major health problem.
“Hypercholesterolemia”: from a vocabulary point of view, this term simply means “ a higher than normal amount of cholesterol in the blood “. Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is naturally present in the body. This substance is transported through the bloodstream in the form of spherical particles called “lipoproteins”. Among these lipoproteinstwo must be distinguished, as explained in the article devoted to cholesterol by the University Hospitals of Geneva:
Doctors speak of hypercholesterolemia when the LDL cholesterol level is higher than normal. In its brochure entitled “Cholesterol”, the French Federation of Cardiology indicates the levels that allow you to stay healthy and avoid hypercholesterolemia :
The recommended rates vary according to age, gender, medical history of cardiovascular disease, whether the person smokes or not. According Public Health France, in its file devoted to hypercholesterolemia(…)
