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What Causes High Cholesterol And BP?

My mother cholesterol level and blood pressure both are very high , her s.cholesterol is 290 ,S.Triglycerides 645.,VLDL is 129 , LDL is 123 and ratio of CHOL/HDL is 7.63 , Uric acid is 7.07 and BP 170/100 some time low and high than this .Though her diet and exercise ,lifestyle everything is ok.We all put very less quantity of salt and oil. She is taking medicine for very long time though not under control .Now few days back we visited a cardiologist he performed ECG ,lipid profile urine test ,ultrasound and Doppler study(heart).Lipid profile came high and in ultrasound report - GD1Fatty change lever came rest is normal.Now he change almost all previous medicines. I want to know why her cholesterol and BP are going high though maximum reports are normal and what is the root cause of high cholesterol level.thanks
Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Hi! I can understand your concern. High cholesterol levels could be due to faulty diet, having too much of fat/oily foods, lack of physical activity and sometimes even when a person leads a healthy lifestyle and controls diet, cholesterol remains high due to genetic reasons. Your mother might be genetically susceptible to high cholesterol. Her body might be producing more cholesterol naturally inspite of leading a healthy lifestyle. But even if it is due to genetic predisposition, she must be careful with her diet and remain physically active to reduce these risk factors.



Emotional stress is also responsible for high BP and cholesterol. Make sure she is not tensed. If she is under stress, help her relax more. I don't know what age group does she belong to and does she have alot of workload, family responsibilities etc? Is she working or a homemaker? If you could give me more information about her, then maybe I can guide you better.
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What Causes High Cholesterol And BP?

Hi! I can understand your concern. High cholesterol levels could be due to faulty diet, having too much of fat/oily foods, lack of physical activity and sometimes even when a person leads a healthy lifestyle and controls diet, cholesterol remains high due to genetic reasons. Your mother might be genetically susceptible to high cholesterol. Her body might be producing more cholesterol naturally inspite of leading a healthy lifestyle. But even if it is due to genetic predisposition, she must be careful with her diet and remain physically active to reduce these risk factors. Emotional stress is also responsible for high BP and cholesterol. Make sure she is not tensed. If she is under stress, help her relax more. I don t know what age group does she belong to and does she have alot of workload, family responsibilities etc? Is she working or a homemaker? If you could give me more information about her, then maybe I can guide you better.