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Is it possible for a person to have a cholesterol level of three thousand?

My grandson tells me his cholesterol level is 3000. I think that's impossible and he's mistaken. More likely 300.

The highest I've ever heard of was a woman with a very serious illness, and she had a level of about 1200. The next closest I've heard of was about 600. She was also on all sorts of medications.

3000 for total cholesterol may be possible, but unless he is quite ill or under very strict medical supervision, I'd say 300 is more likely. That is, by the way, too high also. He should be working seriously at bringing it down as far as he can. Another poster said "240" or more was too high, but my own doctor said "keep it below 200."

Really, we should all know our total cholesterol, our HDL, our LDL, and our triglycerides. The numbers mean more if we know the total picture than any one number tells us.

More than 240 mg/dL involves high risk for heart disease.

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