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What Does This Lipid Profile Test Report Indicate?

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Posted on Fri, 20 Nov 2015
Question: Hello Doctor,

Please analyse about my cholestrol readings
1. CHOLESTEROL - SERUM / PLASMA 280.00
2. LDL CHOLESTEROL - CALCULATED. 203.2
3. TRIGLYCERIDES - SERUM 174.00 mg/dL
4. VLDL CHOLESTEROL - CALCULATED 35
5. HDL CHOLESTEROL - SERUM / PLASMA 42.00 mg/dL
6. TOTAL CHOLESTEROL/HDL CHOLESTEROL RATIOCALCULATED - 7

Is there any heart risk for me.

Thanks,
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Answered by Dr. Anantharamakrishnan (45 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
YES - not immediate, but in the long run... / AND treatable

Detailed Answer:
Hi friend
Welcome to Health Care Magic

Your Triglyceride is borderline – 150 - 199 mg/dL.
Repeat after 2 months – on full 14-hour fast…

There are subdivisions of cholesterol – LDL, HDL and so on.
HDL is good cholesterol – higher, the better.
LDL is bad cholesterol – lower, the better. In the absence of any other risk factor 100 is ideal for LDL-C. In the presence of other diseases (especially Diabetes and/or established heart disease), 70 should be the aim.

     Keep your weight to normal / even a little less
     Quit smoking, if you are a smoker
     Do regular EXERCISE – say walking or jogging - 30 minutes a day / at least 5 days in a week. Isometric exercise (like bull worker) is bad.
     Healthy FOOD is a must. Avoid saturated fats – coconut oil, palm oil, butter, ghee, full cream milk...Avoid junk foods in particular – French fries have palm oil / Pizza has cheese / XXXXXXX sweets are made in ghee.../ Change to Poly-un-saturated oil – like sun flower oil. / Include Mono-un-saturated oil – Olive oil.
Repeat the test after 2 months.
     Cholesterol can still be high, in spite of diet and exercise – you need drugs; because it is also manufactured in the liver – and that is determined by heredity. Statin is the first choice.
Your bad (LDL) cholesterol is quite high and you can start the drugs straight away…
Some start it straight away – even with normal levels, even without problems (Primary Prophylaxis)

Good luck
God bless you
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What Does This Lipid Profile Test Report Indicate?

Brief Answer: YES - not immediate, but in the long run... / AND treatable Detailed Answer: Hi friend Welcome to Health Care Magic Your Triglyceride is borderline – 150 - 199 mg/dL. Repeat after 2 months – on full 14-hour fast… There are subdivisions of cholesterol – LDL, HDL and so on. HDL is good cholesterol – higher, the better. LDL is bad cholesterol – lower, the better. In the absence of any other risk factor 100 is ideal for LDL-C. In the presence of other diseases (especially Diabetes and/or established heart disease), 70 should be the aim. Keep your weight to normal / even a little less Quit smoking, if you are a smoker Do regular EXERCISE – say walking or jogging - 30 minutes a day / at least 5 days in a week. Isometric exercise (like bull worker) is bad. Healthy FOOD is a must. Avoid saturated fats – coconut oil, palm oil, butter, ghee, full cream milk...Avoid junk foods in particular – French fries have palm oil / Pizza has cheese / XXXXXXX sweets are made in ghee.../ Change to Poly-un-saturated oil – like sun flower oil. / Include Mono-un-saturated oil – Olive oil. Repeat the test after 2 months. Cholesterol can still be high, in spite of diet and exercise – you need drugs; because it is also manufactured in the liver – and that is determined by heredity. Statin is the first choice. Your bad (LDL) cholesterol is quite high and you can start the drugs straight away… Some start it straight away – even with normal levels, even without problems (Primary Prophylaxis) Good luck God bless you