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Can High Cholesterol Levels Cause Headache?
Question: Hello Dr. My cholosterol is on the higher side & has a family history of hihg cholosterol too. My age is 28 & LDL being 225 mg/dL HDL-50.I get headache at back of my head whenever i get too angry. My questons are :- is this headache realted to hgh cholosterol levels & what i should eat to bring it down to optimal level
Brief Answer:
Life Stye Modification AND drug necessary
Detailed Answer:
Hi friend
Welcome to Health Care Magic
This headache is NOT related to the cholesterol.
It could be Tension Headache. Get yourself examined by a Neurologist (Nerve Specialist) to make sure that nothing treatable is missed
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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 ischemia, 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 in 6 weeks.
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. (Atorvastatin – for example / the dose is 10 to 80 mg). Some start it straight away (Primary Prophylaxis).
Most probably, you will need the drug and a good dosage (80 mg) – because of very high level
Follow up with your Physician or Cardiologist / get appropriate prescription
Good luck
God bless you
Life Stye Modification AND drug necessary
Detailed Answer:
Hi friend
Welcome to Health Care Magic
This headache is NOT related to the cholesterol.
It could be Tension Headache. Get yourself examined by a Neurologist (Nerve Specialist) to make sure that nothing treatable is missed
_______________________________________________________
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 ischemia, 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 in 6 weeks.
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. (Atorvastatin – for example / the dose is 10 to 80 mg). Some start it straight away (Primary Prophylaxis).
Most probably, you will need the drug and a good dosage (80 mg) – because of very high level
Follow up with your Physician or Cardiologist / get appropriate prescription
Good luck
God bless you
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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