What is dyslipidemia?

Dyslipidemia is when your body has too much or not enough of certain fatty substances that help it work properly.

Imagine your blood is like a river, and these fatty substances are like little boats floating in it. The most important ones are called cholesterol and triglycerides. Cholesterol is like the strong, sturdy boat that helps build walls inside your body, like the walls of your heart. Triglycerides are more like fast, light boats that carry energy around.

If there are too many boats in the river, they can start to clog things up. It's like when you have a lot of toys in a toy box, it gets hard to find what you need. In your body, this can make it harder for blood to flow smoothly, which might lead to problems later on.

Sometimes, people have too many boats, or the wrong kinds of boats. That’s dyslipidemia, when these fatty substances are out of balance, and that can affect how well your body works.