Cholesterol: what are the symptoms that should alert you?

This title is quite misleading, as clinically there are no obvious symptoms that are precursors to complications (such as redness on the skin or a runny nose). What can be considered as symptoms are in fact the first consequences of excess cholesterol, this means that the problem is there and that measures must be taken immediately to alleviate this problem.

But first, some fundamentals. Cholesterol is a type of lipid with many important roles such as the composition of cell membranes and the synthesis of different chemicals including steroid hormones, it is naturally present in the liver, brain, spinal cord and other places in the body. human, there are mainly two types of cholesterol:

• LDL cholesterol (low density lipoproteins = low density lipoproteins): Cholesterol is transported from the liver to the other cells in the body, via LDL lipoproteins, which can lead to their deposition in the arteries
• HDL cholesterol (high density lipoproteins = high density lipoproteins): Cholesterol is transported from the cells to the liver, via HDL lipoproteins, which unclogs the arteries so that the cholesterol is eliminated.

Its chemical characteristic makes it non-soluble and prevents it from traveling through the body, therefore, large accumulations can create fatty deposits in the arteries. This will slow down or even, in the worst case, obstruct the blood flow, the symptoms are pain in the chest and in the heart