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What were the symptoms of your high cholesterol? Submit Your Comment

Comment from: Plantus, 35-44 Male (Patient) Published: May 12

I was experiencing consistent chest pain and numbness in hands and feet when sleeping. These symptoms necessitated my visit to the hospital where a series of tests were conducted. It was detected that my cholesterol level was too high.

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Lloyd-Jones DM, et al. "2016 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Role of Non-Statin Therapies for LDL-Cholesterol Lowering in the Management of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk." Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68:1. July 2016

Stone NJ, et al. "2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines." Circulation 2014.

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