Statin
A statin is a type of medicine that helps keep your heart healthy by reducing the amount of “bad” cholesterol in your body. Your body makes cholesterol naturally, and we need some of it to function properly. But too much “bad” cholesterol can build up in your blood vessels and cause heart problems later in life.
Think of “bad” cholesterol like gunk in a pipe – it can start to clog up the flow of blood in your arteries and make it hard for your heart to pump blood efficiently. And just like how you need to clean out a pipe to make water flow properly, doctors use statin medicine to help clean out the gunk in your arteries and keep your blood flowing smoothly.
Statin medicine works by blocking a certain enzyme in your liver that makes cholesterol. By slowing down the production of “bad” cholesterol, the medicine can help lower the levels of “bad” cholesterol in your blood. This can help keep your heart healthy, so you can keep doing all the things you like to do!
Think of “bad” cholesterol like gunk in a pipe – it can start to clog up the flow of blood in your arteries and make it hard for your heart to pump blood efficiently. And just like how you need to clean out a pipe to make water flow properly, doctors use statin medicine to help clean out the gunk in your arteries and keep your blood flowing smoothly.
Statin medicine works by blocking a certain enzyme in your liver that makes cholesterol. By slowing down the production of “bad” cholesterol, the medicine can help lower the levels of “bad” cholesterol in your blood. This can help keep your heart healthy, so you can keep doing all the things you like to do!