High cholesterol is often called a silent problem because most people do not feel anything when their cholesterol levels rise. In fact, high cholesterol usually has no symptoms, and a blood test is the only reliable way to know your numbers. Mayo Clinic and the CDC both explain that cholesterol testing is the real way to detect high cholesterol, not symptoms alone.
But there is an important detail many people miss: even though high cholesterol itself may not cause obvious symptoms, long-term high LDL cholesterol can contribute to plaque buildup
