Monday, September 17, 2012

Xanthelasmas

http://healthcorrelator.blogspot.ca/2012/09/familial-hypercholesteromia-why-rely-on.html

shows a condition that I have occasionally but it comes and goes

Okay, back to FH. Xanthelasmas are relatively common among those who suffer from FH (see photo below, from Globalskinatlas.com). They are skin deposits of cholesterol, have a genetic basis, and are NOT always associated with FH. This is important – several people have xanthelasmas but not FH.


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