Family history

When we say family history, which members of the family are included????

[is_something_wrong]

Heart disease at age <50-55 years with following:

First line: Parents, brother, sister
Second line: Grandparents, uncle, aunt
Third line: Cousins, great-grandparents.

Mother with heart disease at early age is worse than father. If there's no reason for the disease (reasons are overweight, smoking, diabetes, drugs, etc) that's worse than if there is.

If you want, you can collect all your questions and send them in a PM to me or any other member/top answerer/community leader here. Even better is gathering them and ask your doctor/cardiologist or someone at the Expert forum.

[gopo92]

Bu uncle and aunt u mean my father and mother's brother and sister???

[gopo92]

I have two uncles(my mother's brothers) both have had heart attacks before 50. One is overweight and the other had high bp since he was very young??? Does this increase my risk????

[is_something_wrong]

Q1: Yes.

Q2: Not noteworthy. The risk is mainly determined by what you do yourself. If you don't smoke, your cholesterol is normal and your BP is normal, you eat fairly healthy and exercise occationally, you can more or less forget coronary artery disease.

Right now your main risk factor is your anxiety. That may be a problem with age (not before 50 or so) but still something you should take seriously and work with.

[gopo92]

One last thing
Hdl=39
LDL=103
is that normal at my age

[is_something_wrong]

Yes. Your LDL is low, that's good. You could possibly try to increase your HDL a little, more exercise and more healthy food. But your levels should be fine.

[gopo92]

Thank u