Lipid Disorders
Current as of: April 9, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica, MD – Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine
Lipid disorders are problems that affect the way cholesterol is produced, used, carried in the blood, or disposed of by the body. People who have lipid disorders develop very high total cholesterol levels, very low HDL (or “good”) cholesterol levels, and/or high triglyceride levels. Lipid disorders are often inherited…