High Cholesterol

Although high cholesterol levels are usually identified through a blood test, high cholesterol itself seldom has symptoms. Much more common are the symptoms of diseases that have arisen because of high cholesterol, such as coronary disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease.

Detecting and treating the symptoms of metabolic syndrome, an group of risk factors such as obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension, and other symptoms would reduce heart attacks and related heart diseases immensely.