High cholesterol is the predecessor of serious health problems, including heart disease and strokes. While there's plenty you can do to keep your levels in check, you have to identify the culprit first.
Although this is not often possible without a blood test, there's one condition triggered by the fatty substance which might help give it away.
Leaving high cholesterol untreated can lead to atherosclerosis over time. This process describes your arteries getting clogged with fatty substances, leading to narrowing.
And once your arteries become narrower, the blood flow to your legs also gets reduced, causing a condition called peripheral artery disease, or PAD for short.
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