Many people have their blood cholesterol tested. Doctors fear high cholesterol. But sometimes it can be too low.
Usually we are talking about lowering that very bad cholesterol (low density lipoprotein). It is more commonly measured in millimoles per liter.
A cardiologist deals with such cholesterol in the range of anywhere from 2 to 3 to 4 millimoles per liter. And now we are talking about reducing to 1 millimole or less per liter.
This does not mean that the person stubbornly lowered his cholesterol and overdid it. No. There it is either in genetics or in new diseases.
That is, some of the cases are associated with a metabolic disorder that is inherited. Children with such problems grow poorly, get sick, and this is rather rare.
But there are also acquired problems. That is, a person lived calmly for himself, and then suddenly his cholesterol dropped to almost zero. This is usually bad.
There is a creepy 1999 study that looked at total cholesterol in critically ill patients in a hospital.
Remember the total cholesterol numbers? There our people usually have somewhere around 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 millimoles per liter. This is checked at all at professional examinations.
So in that study, if people in the hospital found cholesterol below 3 millimoles per liter, then they more often died. And among those whose total cholesterol fell below 1.5 millimoles per liter, 70% died.
Back in 1902, people with severe anemia noticed low cholesterol levels.
To be honest, I did not even suspect that at that time cholesterol was generally determined.
And also cholesterol is reduced in various malignant tumors. Moreover, it happens that the tumor has not yet manifested itself, but the cholesterol has already dropped.
The same thing happens with severe infections or with impaired absorption of food in the intestine.
In short, it turns out that if the body is very sick, then it does not have the strength to absorb and produce cholesterol. Something like this…
Most important in all of this, don't think that the heroic efforts of a cardiologist or neurologist to lower your cholesterol can harm you. No.
Cancer does not grow from lowering cholesterol. On the contrary, your cholesterol can decrease from cancer.
I mean, many are instantly tempted to protect themselves from cancer by raising blood cholesterol levels. This is stupidity.
If you are found to have unusually low cholesterol, they will look for the bad cause. If the reason is not found, then they will take on your relatives. Chances are, it's just genetic.
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