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Symptoms of Lipid Disorders En Español (Spanish Version)Lipid disorders usually do not cause symptoms.
In extreme cases, the following signs or symptoms may be found by medical history or physical exam:
- Fatty deposits in the skin or tendons caused by very high levels of lipids in the blood
- Pain, enlargement, or swelling (inflammation) of abdominal organs such as the liver or pancreas due to extremely high levels of triglycerides in the blood
- Changes in the blood vessels of the eye caused by elevated lipids
- Cholesterol deposits around the cornea of the eye.
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https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us. Updated September 9, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2012.
Symptoms, diagnosis, and monitoring of high cholesterol. American Heart Association
website. Available at:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/SymptomsDiagnosisMonitoringofHighCholesterol/Symptoms-Diagnosis-and-Monitoring-of-High-Cholesterol_UCM_001214_Article.jsp. Accessed September 12, 2012.
What is cholesterol?
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
website. Available at:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/hbc. Accessed September 12, 2012.
Last Reviewed October 2012
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