Is a total cholesterol of 7.23 considered high?

Total cholesterol 7.23mmol/L is considered high, the normal range of total cholesterol should be less than 5.2mmol/L, 7.23mmol/L is significantly higher than normal, consider hypercholesterolemia.
Hypercholesterolemia is a kind of hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia will damage blood vessels, leading to atherosclerosis, increasing the risk of myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage and other diseases; at the same time, it will also affect the liver, resulting in abnormal lipid metabolism in the liver, patients with total cholesterol of 7.23mmol/L should be actively treated with medication to lower lipids.
It is recommended that patients with total cholesterol of 7.23mmol/L should seek medical treatment in time and under the guidance of doctors in regular hospitals.