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Familial Hypercholestrolemia
Can you diagnose familial Hypercholestrolemia without a genetic test like with symptoms, my father had high cholesterol and high triglycerides, he is 55 years old, except him only one other family member has cholesterol which is recently diagnosed (she is 65+ years old, plus sibling of my father) although my lifestyle is too much bad to conclude fh, i am overweight bmi -28 (had a bmi of 30) but i am 21 , used to eat a lot of junk food(a lot means alot) like daily and even if i have fh lets say how to like diagnose it properly with some test or things like that and where?
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First get ur lipid profile done in fasting state. If it is normal. No need to worry if you are not having any symptoms.
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Get your lipid profile done
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Dr. Ajeya N. Ukadgaonkar
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8 yrs exp
Aurangabad
You can diagnose it without genetic test. Get your lipid profile done and consult
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Dr. Lokanath M
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Kottayam
There are criteia to diagnose without genetic test... You can consult..
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Dr. Chetan Rathi
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12 yrs exp
Nagpur
Consult in person plz
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