Dear Doctors: Can you please do a column about familial hypercholesterolemia? It is my diagnosis, and I would like you to explain it. My LDL is over 500. It is my understanding that there are different kinds of LDL. Is that correct? Any information would be helpful.
Dear Reader: Familial hypercholesterolemia, often shortened to FH, is a condition that interferes with the mechanisms the body uses to…