Brandon Wilson, 38, of Florida, has lost four family members to heart disease and has worried he won’t make it to age 40. He is now seeking to break the cycle and avoid passing it on to his children.
- Brandon Wilson, 38, suffers from the disease familial hypercholesterolemia
- He is trying to break the cycle of heart disease, which killed several of his family
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DAILY MAIL
Heart disease has torn through Brandon Wilson’s life.
He was just seven years old when his father, 39, was killed by a fatal heart attack – which was later found to have been caused by an undiagnosed genetic condition.
His grandfather and two uncles died before the age of 40 from heart complications caused by the disorder that claimed his half-brother at age 48.
The condition causes the arteries to become clogged up with the dangerous type of cholesterol.
Now 38 himself, and having already survived four major heart attacks, Mr Wilson has vowed to break the vicious cycle and see his four-year-old daughter and five-year-old son grow up.
For most of his life, Mr Wilson has feared it could kill him at any point, especially as he approaches his 39th birthday.
‘Here’s the way I saw it. I wasn’t going to make it past 40. I’m just going to live with this Wilson family curse and die at an early age. And that was going to be it,’ he told DailyMail.com.
