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Familial combined hyperlipidemia

• Overview
• Symptoms
• Treatment
• Prevention

Alternative Names:

Multiple lipoprotein-type hyperlipidemia

Prevention:

A low-cholesterol, low-saturated fat diet in high-risk individuals may help to control LDL levels.

If someone in your family has this condition, you may consider genetic screening yourself or your children. Sometimes younger children may have mild hyperlipidemia .

It is important to control other risk factors for early heart attacks, such as smoking, if you have this disease.

• Review Date: 5/16/2007
• Reviewed By: Brian Kirmse, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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