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I weigh 118 pds and cholesterol is 155. i notice on my online med profile that my doc indicates 'hyperlipidemia' under 'issues.' what does this mean?

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Lipids: Hyperlipidemia is a non-specific term and may indicate increase in any of the lipid, e.g. total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides. You may have high triglyceride. See this site for more info. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine/issues/winter08/articles/winter08pg9-10.html

Answered 4/3/2015

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