What else is homocysteine called?

Homocysteine is also commonly called HCY.

HCY is generally a sulfur-containing amino acid produced by the metabolism of cysteine and methionine ingested from food. Normal people take blood to check homocysteine under fasting state, and its normal range is 5-15μmol/L. If the examination result exceeds 15μmol/L, it belongs to abnormal condition, suggesting that cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, cerebral infarction, stroke, acute myocardial infarction, etc. may be suffered from, we should go to regular hospital as soon as possible to seek the help of professional doctors, and further clarify the cause in time by magnetic resonance imaging, CT examination, X-ray examination and other methods.