A 46-year-old man with obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and bipolar disorder presented with a rash (Figure 1) accompanied by ongoing excessive urine production, excessive thirst and blurred ...

High cholesterol is medically recognised as a condition with no clinical manifestations, meaning it can only be diagnosed when evidence from a blood test has been obtained. The longer the condition is ...

Cholesterol deposits are generally painless, and they can occur in many places on the body but are most common around the eyelids. They often indicate that a person is at higher risk of certain health ...

High cholesterol symptoms: The 'important sign' of extremely high levels on your hand HIGH cholesterol is often branded the "invisible" condition because it doesn't tend to present symptoms. However, ...

In the general population, palmar xanthomas are a characteristic of type III dysbetalipoproteinemia (type III), an atherogenic lipid disorder characterized by the presence of very low-density ...

Do you have yellowish patches near your eyes or small lumps on your skin? You might wonder if these are xanthelasma or xanthoma. Both are skin conditions caused by fat building up under the skin, but ...

Charles P. Vega, MD: A 55-year-old woman comes to see her primary care physician with a chief complaint of "What are all these bumps I see all over?" She has noted an increasing number of asymptomatic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let’s be real: When it comes to detecting heart disease risk, you probably aren’t checking your skin first. And why would you?

High cholesterol, often symptomless, can manifest through skin changes like xanthelasma and xanthomas, indicating elevated levels or genetic conditions. These visible signs, detailed in the British ...

Let’s be real: When it comes to detecting heart disease risk, you probably aren’t checking your skin first. And why would you? Skin health and heart health are unrelated, right? Not quite, doctors say ...

Let’s be real: When it comes to detecting heart disease risk, you probably aren’t checking your skin first. And why would you? Skin health and heart health are unrelated, right? Not quite, doctors say ...