{"id":2083,"date":"2021-12-08T23:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T23:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradospringsnephrology.com\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2021-12-08T23:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T23:29:01","slug":"high-cholesterol-the-other-silent-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coloradospringsnephrology.com\/high-cholesterol-the-other-silent-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"High Cholesterol: The Other Silent Killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">Hypertension is commonly referred to as the silent killer.\u00a0 However, high cholesterol (total serum cholesterol &gt;200) is a very important risk factor for atherosclerotic heart disease.\u00a0\u00a0 In the 1950\u2019s, high cholesterol was not even recognized as a cause of strokes and heart attacks.\u00a0 Now, we know that almost one million people a year die from heart attacks and strokes.\u00a0 We also now know that there are different kinds of cholesterol:\u00a0 good cholesterol (HDL) and bad cholesterol (LDL).<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Evidenced-based medicine acknowledges that lower levels of cholesterol result in less heart attacks and strokes.\u00a0 There have been many research trials, such as the 4S study in Scandinavia, that using medications such as statins (they block the production of cholesterol) result in 39% less heart attacks and over 20% less strokes compared to placebo.\u00a0 Other medicines are also used to lower cholesterol, such as Welchol (which blocks the intestinal absorption of cholesterol), is also extremely safe and ideal for young women considering pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In general, these medications are very safe, contrary to the media which scares the public into taking these medicines.\u00a0 We cannot forget about diet (less than 300 mg of cholesterol per day) and exercise which can be very effective means of lowering our cholesterol.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190320172345\/http:\/\/www.ncep.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCEP.org<\/a>\u00a0is a valuable website for more information on high cholesterol.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradospringsnephrology.com\/patient-resources\/\">Back to CSN Resources Page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hypertension is commonly referred to as the silent killer.\u00a0 However, high cholesterol (total serum cholesterol &gt;200) is a very important risk factor for atherosclerotic heart disease.\u00a0\u00a0 In the 1950\u2019s, high cholesterol was not even recognized as a cause of strokes and heart attacks.\u00a0 Now, we know that almost one million people a year die from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.6.1 - 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