A lot of exercise, an impeccable diet… When he was 18 years old, nothing in Lionel Reebs’ lifestyle could explain his cholesterol level 3 times higher than average. “Blood tests showed a level of 4.6 grams of cholesterol per liter of blood, while for most healthy people it does not exceed 2 g/l.The young man turned to a specialist, and finally the diagnosis was confirmed. Lionel suffered from familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetic disease that currently affects 250,000 French people, including 30,000 to 50,000 children. Which makes it the most common genetic disease in the country, just ahead of cystic fibrosis. Before him, several members of his family had early cardiovascular problems, and his grandmother had atherosclerotic plaques under the eyelids, a characteristic symptom. And when he became a father, his daughters also suffered from the disease, at the age of 3, for the first time, 5 g/l cholesterol…
Source: Le Figaro
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