'Being Young and Thin Doesn't Protect You': Common Misconceptions About High Cholesterol.

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Professor Dr. Ramazan İlyas Öner, Head of the Internal Medicine Department at Adıyaman Training and Research Hospital, stated that high cholesterol often progresses silently in the blood vessels without showing any symptoms. He emphasized that personal risk factors should be considered in cholesterol assessments, warning that the first sign could be a heart attack or stroke.