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| Cholesterol Medicine For Children |
American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its policy on the issue of cholesterol in children who aged 10 years. Advocated for cardiovascular prevention programs that include: screening for cholesterol, alloys lose weight, increase physical activity of children, and if necessary giving statins to children who have excess weight without seeing a family history of disease or other risk.
Small children who have excess weight and are likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, when their age increases.
In previous guidelines, cholesterol-lowering drugs should only be given to children aged 10 years, and if weight loss regimens fail in a period of 6 to 12 months. In the new guidelines, it is recommended that the child can do cholesterol screening at age 2 years (not more than 10 years), if they have a family history of high cholesterol or heart attack on a family member (male under the age of 55 years, and women before the 65th years). The new guidelines also recommend lifestyle changes.
If a child's family history is unknown, or does he have other risk factors like Diabetes and weight more than 15%, he should undergo scanning cholesterol. This check is performed repeatedly on all the children who had normal cholesterol levels every 3 to 5 years.
Source: Pediatrics
