If you know what to look for, it may provide an early sign of the issue. A doctor has described how a painless indication on your skin could indicate elevated cholesterol. It is a condition that, together with high blood pressure, can increase the risk of heart disease and other significant health problems – even if there are no obvious symptoms.
However, people in the know should be cautious of subtle indicators. According to GB News’ resident doctor, one of these symptoms may appear on the skin. Renee Hoenderkamp, an NHS doctor, said that excessive cholesterol levels might cause yellowish-orange skin growths.
According to the doctor, these waxy lumps are cholesterol deposits beneath your skin. Birmingham Live states that xanthelasma occurs on the eyelids. According to studies, around half of all persons with xanthelasma have abnormal cholesterol. When these deposits occur on other parts of the skin, they are known as xanthoma.
Dr. Hoenderkamp noted that they are painless and can arise in a variety of locations, mainly around the corners of your eyes. The abrupt appearance of pimples on the affected skin area may mimic a rash, warts, or molluscum contagiosum.
In actuality, they are fatty cholesterol deposits formed by excessively high levels of triglycerides (a kind of cholesterol) in the blood. “Triglycerides is often high in familial hypercholesterolaemia,” she elaborated. Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a hereditary illness characterized by a decreased ability to remove dangerous LDL-cholesterol (“bad cholesterol”) from the bloodstream, increasing the risk of developing heart disease at a young age.
