Patient's question:
Please ask if the child's liver function report has a note in the remarks section: "lipid turbid plasma." What does this indicate? First follow-up question: the child is only three months old. Second follow-up question: the child is only three months old.Doctor's answer:
Children and adolescents with abnormal blood lipid levels are classified into primary and secondary types. The etiology of primary cases remains unclear, with two prevailing hypotheses currently proposed. Genetic factors account for the vast majority of pediatric hyperlipidemia. Due to congenital genetic defects in receptors, enzymes, or apolipoproteins involved in lipoprotein transport and metabolism, plasma lipid levels are affected. The affected children may exhibit single-gene inheritance, such as familial hypercholesterolemia. Familial hyperchylomicronemia is triggered by defects in the lipoprotein lipase gene. Alternatively, it may involve polygenic inheritance, such as familial polygenic hypercholesterolemia, among others.