High cholesterol: Two marks on the face warning of familial hypercholesterolemia

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Fatty bumps may develop on the face, known as xanthomas, confirmed the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH).

Another telling sign of high cholesterol levels include “greyish-white rings around the corneas in [the] eye” – this is known as corneal arcus.

Xanthomas

Nursing Times said these lesion can be tiny, or grow up to 8cm in diameter.

Common sites of these fatty yellow-tinged deposits usually appear on the eyelids, with the lesions taking months to grow in size.



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