High cholesterol is medically recognised as a condition with no clinical manifestations, meaning it can only be diagnosed when evidence from a blood test has been obtained. The longer the condition is ...

Cholesterol deposits are generally painless, and they can occur in many places on the body but are most common around the eyelids. They often indicate that a person is at higher risk of certain health ...

High cholesterol symptoms: The 'important sign' of extremely high levels on your hand HIGH cholesterol is often branded the "invisible" condition because it doesn't tend to present symptoms. However, ...

Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that’s essential for your body to build healthy cells. The problem arises when you have too much of it, particularly the "bad" type known as LDL cholesterol.

In the general population, palmar xanthomas are a characteristic of type III dysbetalipoproteinemia (type III), an atherogenic lipid disorder characterized by the presence of very low-density ...

Do you have yellowish patches near your eyes or small lumps on your skin? You might wonder if these are xanthelasma or xanthoma. Both are skin conditions caused by fat building up under the skin, but ...

High cholesterol, often symptomless, can manifest through skin changes like xanthelasma and xanthomas, indicating elevated levels or genetic conditions. These visible signs, detailed in the British ...

High cholesterol, often symptomless initially, can manifest through subtle signs like tendon xanthomas, leg pain during walking, and yellow eyelid deposits. Numbness in limbs, dizziness, or slurred ...

Take a moment to reach for the back of your ankle, where your Achilles tendon runs vertically between your heel bone and calf muscles. As you move your foot and up down, the Achilles tendon should ...

A 32-year-old woman with a history of endoscopic mucosal resection for colon adenoma 2 years earlier visited our hospital for examination of incidentally elevated tumor markers (CA19-9, 43.5 U/ml).

A 26-year-old man with a history of uncontrolled hyperlipidemia presented with a six-month history of painful, multiple papules on his chest, back and limbs. The two-year-old tattoos on his right leg ...

Let’s be real: When it comes to detecting heart disease risk, you probably aren’t checking your skin first. And why would you? Skin health and heart health are unrelated, right? Not quite, doctors say ...