Estudio del caso clínico de un paciente con hipercolesterolemia familiar infantil

Abstract

Changes in lipid concentrations are known as dyslipidemias, within them can develop diseases such as hypercholesterolemia, the same that can be linked to Familial Hypercholesterolemia which is a lipoprotein disorder characterized by elevated cholesterol and c-LDL, which is genetic and usually occurs in two forms homozygous or heterozygous, the latter being the most common and preventable. Familial hypercholesterolemia can be identified by high levels of Total Cholesterol and c-LDL in the blood, and through a confirmation of pathological genetic test, for this disease is recommended a pharmacological treatment with Statins, accompanied by diet and physical activity, indicated by a specialist in the case. The methodology used for the resolution of the clinical case of descriptive type based on the deductive method, supported by information in different bibliographic sources, which analyzed the clinical picture of a 6 year old patient whose results of CT, c-LDL were elevated as well as the Castelli index, clinical data that are related to familial hypercholesterolemia.