Treatment Of Hyperlipidemia
Health Encyclopedia: Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia Prevention
Multiple lipoprotein-type hyperlipidemia
Prevention
- A low-cholesterol, low-saturated fat diet in high-risk individuals may help to control
LDL levels. - Screening of family members of people with familial combined hyperlipidemia should be undertaken to facilitate early treatment. Sometimes younger children may have mild
hyperlipidemia . - It is important to control other risk factors for early heart attacks, such as smoking if you ...
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