{"id":32676,"date":"2023-03-19T13:11:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T11:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/?p=32676"},"modified":"2023-03-30T18:45:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T15:45:53","slug":"hypercholesterolemia-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/hypercholesterolemia-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypercholesterolemia in children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Is it possible for a child to have high cholesterol?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, unfortunately, high cholesterol levels are not only found in adults but also in children.<\/p>\n<p>Hypercholesterolemia is increasingly seen in children, due to the modern lifestyle characterized by unhealthy diet and lack of exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Increased cholesterol or hypercholesterolemia in children can cause the formation of atheromatous plaque in the vessels with subsequent diseases of the heart and vessels.<\/p>\n<p>The most common causes are:<\/p>\n<p>1. Familial hypercholesterolemia<\/p>\n<p>2. Unhealthy diet<\/p>\n<p>3. Obesity<\/p>\n<p>The test is a simple and short procedure and is done through blood sampling.<\/p>\n<p>When should I test my child&#8217;s cholesterol?<\/p>\n<p>According to international guidelines:<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba All children should be screened at age 9-11 and if values are normal, screen should be repeated at age 17-21.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Children over 2 years of age should be screened if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least one parent or close relative has cholesterol &gt; 240 mg\/dL.<\/li>\n<li>If there is a family history of early cardiovascular disease before age 55 for men and before age 65 for women.<\/li>\n<li>If they have diseases such as kidney disease, Kawasaki disease or idiopathic juvenile arthritis.<\/li>\n<li>If they are obese or overweight.<\/li>\n<li>If they have diabetes or hypertension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u25ba Testing is not recommended for children under 2 years of age.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Is it possible for a child to have high cholesterol? Yes, unfortunately, high cholesterol levels are not only found in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32676"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32679,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32676\/revisions\/32679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}