high cholesterol , possible heart attack ? Posted: 01-28-05 13:01pm
Ok, here I go. Im 19 years old and high
cholesterol runs in my family. I went to
the doctors last week and I just got my
results this morning and wow was I
surprised. 307 was my score, my ldl was
202 and my tri's are 197. In only 19 so
im kind of worried. Is it common to have
a heart attack at my age?? Also about 2
years ago I went to the emergency room for
chest pains and they told me it was only
stress pains, but i've noticed over the
couple years that I get it off and on.
They aren't as intense but I hurts to
breath and my chest hurts. I wasn't sure
if anyone else gets this, its not
indigestion I know that but I don't know
if I should get a cat scan or something to
find out. I plan on exercising more and
cutting things out of my diet but I feel
gypped, im so young it not fair!