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Does High Cholesterol Cause Constipation?
My doctor called and said my cholesterol was over three hundred and the triglycerides were high too. I have had irritable bowel with often seven days between bowel movements. Yesterday when I had the blood test it had been six days of no bowel movement. Could this be the cause of increased cholesterol? The irritable has been since I was in my twenties...I am now 64. She wants to add a new drug besides the trilipix I am on now. I am not sure she know how bad the irritable bowel is. Thank you for this query line. Lee
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Tue, 2 May 2017
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The IBS = irritable bowel syndrome is not a cause of your high cholesterol and triglycerides, which is called hyperlipidemia.
Hyperlipidemia is a so called "metabolic" condition, which means that various enzymes and organs in your body do not process lipids in an effective way and this shows as a high cholesterol and triglyceride level in the blood. Some people have good lipid enzymes/metabolism and some don't.
The dietary cholesterol - what we eat plays only a minor role in contributing to the condition of hyperlipidemia.
IBS is a condition which affects the function of the bowel - does not contribute to the metabolic condition of hyperlipidemia.
Wishing you best of health.
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The IBS = irritable bowel syndrome is not a cause of your high cholesterol and triglycerides, which is called hyperlipidemia.
Hyperlipidemia is a so called "metabolic" condition, which means that various enzymes and organs in your body do not process lipids in an effective way and this shows as a high cholesterol and triglyceride level in the blood. Some people have good lipid enzymes/metabolism and some don't.
The dietary cholesterol - what we eat plays only a minor role in contributing to the condition of hyperlipidemia.
IBS is a condition which affects the function of the bowel - does not contribute to the metabolic condition of hyperlipidemia.
Wishing you best of health.
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