Check For Cholesterol / Reading Comprehension For IELTS - 3

How to use your eyes to
Check For Cholesterol

(Reference: Reader’s Digest October 2014)

With a mirror, simply take a long, deep look into your eyes. Do you see whitish, grey/blue or yellow opaque circle around the outer edge of your iris? Or little yellow dots on your eyelids? If so, read on.

WHAT IT SHOWS High cholesterol can lead to heart attacks and strokes because it can deposits fat inside your blood vessels, causing them to block and fail. But it's not just arteries around your heart that are affected. Cholesterol can deposit anywhere in the body, meaning the tiny blood vessels of the eyes provide an excellent window to what's going on elsewhere.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR There are two important clues in your eyes that might mean you need to get a cholesterol. The first is called a "corneal arcus", an opaque of your eyes, around the edge of the iris. It's important to remember that this ring can also appear without high cholesterol, and it's more common in older people. But, especially if you are under 40, it can be a sign your cholesterol is high enough to trigger heart disease.

The second clue is the presence of small, yellow patches around the eyes, known as xanthelasmata.

THese are cholesterol deposits under the skin. They are painless - and not dangerous in themselves - but if you have them you may be at risk of hear disease or heart attack.

If it turns out your cholesterol levels are elevated, you are not alone. About one third of us have high cholesterol. The best way to get your level down is to eat healthily, stop smoking, exercise regularly and lose weight if necessary. If your doctor thinks your cholesterol is dangerously high, you need medication.

Reading Comprehension

Q1. What is the best way to stay away from heart disease?
a. Keep smoking.

b. Regular exercise and healthy food.

c. Become obese.

d. Eat junk food.

Q2. What is the propotion of high cholesterol in the world?

a. 2:10.

b. 1:3.

c. 7:3.

d. 2:1.

Q3. How many detectable clues are there in your eyes?

a. 4.

b. 9.

c. 2.

d. 1.

Q4. High cholesterol can lead to?

a. Fever.

b. Heart attack.

c. Cough.

d. Cancer.

Q5. Corneal arcus is common in?

a. Childhood.

b. Young age.

c. Old age.

d. None of the above.

Q6. The yellow patches around your eyes are also known as?

a. Thalassemia.
b. Xanthelasmata.

c. Cholesterol.

d. Ribbon.

Q7. Under 40, the corneal arcus visibility in your eyes is a sign of?

a. Heart stroke.
b. Heart disease.

c. Malaria.

d. Headache.

Q8. What is corneal arcis?

a. Name of an exercise.

b. Fake goodnight stay.

c. An opaque ring on left eye only.

d. An opaque ring around the edge of the iris.

Q9. What deposits fat into your blood vessels?

a. Low cholesterol.

b. Eyelid.

c. High cholesterol.

d. Hands.

Q10. Which color clots should you look into your inner eyelids?
a. Red.

b. Green.

c. Yellow.

d. Pink.

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(MCQs prepared by Mahrukh Fatima)

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