How can you be sure this is

all true?
Ask your parents to check out these
websites with you:
Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. U.S.
National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web.
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/art
icle/000396.htm>.

But what if this isnt

helping reduce your lipid
levels?
If the se cha nge s do no t
i mprove c hol es terol a nd
trigl yc e ri de
l ev el s
e nough,
you r doc tor
ma y
rec om me nd
me di ca tio n.
S ev e ra l
ty pes of
drugs ex is t
to he lp
l ower bloo d
c hole ste rol
l ev el s.

Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia. Saint

Luke's Health System. N.p., n.d. Web.
<http://www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org/healt
h-information/health-encyclopedia/familialcombined-hyperlipidemia>.
Hyperlipidemia. North Shore Pediatric
Therapy. N.p., n.d. Web.
<http://nspt4kids.com/healthtopics-andconditions-database/hyperlipidemia-2/>.

FAMILIAL
COMBINED
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
AND YOU

PRESENTED BY ASHLEY BOBM AN

F C H P RE V EN TIO N
Health and Sciences Building
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PRESENTED BY ASHLEY B OB MA N,
Founder of the FCH Prev ention O rgani zation

So what does this

mean for you and
your familial
combined
hyperlipidemia?

What does hyperlipidemia even

mean?

Li pid is the sc ie nti fic t erm for fa t

H ype r m ea ns hi gh or el e va ted

H YP E RLIP IDE MI A = a di sorde r tha t

oc curs wh en you ha ve too ma ny
fa tty su bsta nce s i n y our bl ood

hype rli pide mi a i s al so refe rred

to as hi gh blood c hole ste rol a nd
trigl yc e ri de s, whi ch a re type s of
fa tty subs ta nce s

fa mi li al com bine d h ype rl ipi de mia

i s a ge net ic di sorde r, m ea ni ng i t
i s a ty pe of hype rli pide mi a
pa sse d down through f am il ie s

What are genetic disorders?

GE N E S = ti ny stri ngs of c he mi ca ls
tha t are th e buil ding bl ock s of li fe ;
you r ge ne s are the i nstruc tion
ma nua l for ma ki ng you, a nd th ey
c ontribute to how you loo k a nd a ct

Th is m eans if yo u
h ave famil ial
co mbi ned
h yp erlip idem ia,
s om eon e els e i n y o ur fam ily
pro bab ly d id too or may be
cu rren tly d oes !

Why are these high levels of

fat bad?
TOO MU CH F AT CAN LE AD TO M AN Y
P ROBL EMS

ge ne s c ome f rom y our m om and

he r fa mi ly a nd your dad an d hi s
fa mi ly . That i s w hy you ha ve
tra its tha t are s im il ar to o ther
pe ople i n your fam il y!

Ma ny of thes e i nvol ve the h ea rt.

The he a rt pl ay s a ve ry im portant
role in your body an d yo u wa nt it
i n ti ptop sha pe!

GE N E TIC DIS OR DER S a re dis ea se s

tha t ca n be inhe rit ed through your
pa re nts .

ge nes f or the di se a se we re
pa sse d down in the fam il y

thi s me ans t hat you r pa re nts m ay

ha ve th e dis ea se OR a fa mi ly
me mbe r w ho l iv ed ma ny ye a rs
a go di d ha v e it

So how can I keep my heart

going strong with all these
fats in me?
Eat a h eart-h ealthy d iet!

W hat doe s tha t me a n? E at

LOTS of fruits a nd ve get abl es .

AV OI D fa st food a nd un hea lt hy
j unk food. Try a nd c ut down on
the
c hips
a nd di p,
a nd
rea c h
for a llna tural
pe anut
butte r
a nd w hole gra in c rac k ers
i nste ad.

Ex ercis e o ften ! R id e y ou r bik e

o r go to the park with yo ur
fam ily

M ain tain a H ealth y weig ht!

th is can be don e wi th go od
eatin g and ex ercis e

too muc h chol e ste rol is a h uge

c ontribu tor to is sue s of the he a rt

Get checku ps ! g o to t he
do cto r ofte n, j us t to b e s afe