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This inflammation can cause cholesterol and other substances to collect along the site of the damage. Damage to your your arteries can develop for many reasons such as: High blood pressure
Researchers estimate that about 80 million people globally live with glaucoma — an eye condition affecting the optic nerve, resulting in vision loss and possibly blindness, for which there is ...
The following rare side effects are more serious. Like all statins, rosuvastatin can possibly cause myopathy, rhabdomyolysis: [14] [4] muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness; lack of energy; fever; chest pain; jaundice: yellowing of the skin or eyes; dark colored, or foamy urine; pain in the upper right part of the abdomen; nausea; extreme ...
A Hollenhorst plaque (also known as a retinal cholesterol embolus) is a cholesterol embolus that is seen in a blood vessel of the retina.It is usually found when a physician performs ophthalmoscopy, during which a plaque will appear as a small, bright crystal that is refractile (reflects the light from the ophthalmoscope) and yellow. [1]
On average, statins can lower LDL cholesterol by 1.8 mmol/L (70 mg/dL), which translates into an estimated 60% decrease in the number of cardiac events (heart attack, sudden cardiac death) and a 17% reduced risk of stroke after long-term treatment. [37] A greater benefit is observed with high-intensity statin therapy. [38]
“The effects of statin therapy reported here across people 70 years of age and older are, as expected, a bit smaller but sizeable. These results complete the picture of likely substantial health ...
By extension, this increase in outflow helps to reduce the pressure that the liquid puts on your eye. Side effects include darkening of the eyelashes, darkening of the skin of the eyelid ...
SAAM may affect people after long-term statin use even if they had no previous muscular side effects. [4] A differentiating feature between this and more benign statin side effects is SAAM typically has a late onset. While muscle pain (myalgia) is seen in 9-20% of patients treated with statins, it typically occurs in the first month of treatment.