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My 19 year old son's cholesterol is so low that the machine used to check it at the health check has a 0 reading. is this dangerous? should we do something? if so.. what?

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Dr. Amrita Dosanjh answered

Specializes in Pediatric Allergy and Asthma

Error: Please have a venipuncture and a repeat at a testing center.

Dr Ferguson and another doctor agreed

Answered 8/15/2020

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