Unfortunately, high cholesterol doesn't cause symptoms. In later stages of atherosclerosis, though, you may suffer angina -- severe chest pain from lack of blood flow to the heart. If an artery gets totally blocked, a heart attack results. Low-density lipoproteins (LDL). 2  This is the bad cholesterol, the main cause of plaque build-up, which increases your risk for heart disease. 3  In general, the lower the number, the better. 4  But LDL cholesterol is only one part of a larger equation that measures a personâs overall risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
Depending on the species, catfish can live from eight to 20 years though the Mekong giant catfish lives more than 60 years. Almost 3,000 species of catfish have been catalogued throughout the world, but it is thought that as many as 4,500 exist. Continue Reading
My favorite male died suddenly last night. Click to expand... Somewhere between 18 months and 3 years I would guess. Guessing that you bought the fish from a shop, I would not imagine that would help very much since you will not know how old the fish was when you bought it. The life span will also depend upon the temperature, the warmer you keep the fish, the shorter their lifespan (unless you keep them too cold of course, then their life span will be very short indeed ). Of course, some will live longer and some will live shorter, just like in humans.