High cholesterol levels increase the risk of heart disease, which can be managed with exercise and healthy dietary choices.

But, for people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a condition which affects 1 in every 200 people, managing the condition is not so straightforward.

What is familial hypercholesterolemia, and how can you detect and manage the condition early?

Dr Michael MacDonald, Senior Consultant Cardiologist from the Harley Street Heart Centreweighs in. 

High cholesterol levels increase the risk of heart disease, which can be managed with exercise and healthy dietary choices.
But, for people with <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/at-37-he-had-the-arteries-of-an-80-year-old-needed-multiple-stents-to-keep-his-vessels-open">familial hypercholesterolemia</a>, a condition which affects 1 in every 200 people, managing the condition is not so straightforward.
What is familial hypercholesterolemia, and how can you detect and manage the condition early? <a href="https://www.harleystreet.sg/heart/doctors/dr-michael-ross-macdonald/">Dr Michael MacDonald,</a> Senior Consultant Cardiologist from the<a href="https://www.harleystreet.sg/heart/"> Harley Street Heart Centre</a> weighs in.

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