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Blood Test Showed High Cholesterol. Suggest?
Question: I did a full blood test for my 9 years child & it shows a hight readings in his LDL cholesterol .
I also suffer from hight cholesterol .
I am so sad for his readings & need to know what i have to do . Specially that all the doctors here in Egypt doesn't have the experience to deal with hight cholesterol with the kids as it is very rare .
Pls find attached the copy of the lipids analyses .
Thanks regards
I also suffer from hight cholesterol .
I am so sad for his readings & need to know what i have to do . Specially that all the doctors here in Egypt doesn't have the experience to deal with hight cholesterol with the kids as it is very rare .
Pls find attached the copy of the lipids analyses .
Thanks regards
Brief Answer:
yes medical ( drug) management is controversial
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Yes. Your son has both high total cholesterol and high LDL and low HDL
There are still lot of controversies in management of this .
Some believe in starting statins in kids above 8 years of age and some do not believe in drugs because the long term side effects of statins in children are not known.
The first thing you can do is completely cut off all fat in his diet ESP all saturated fat.
Use. Fat free milk yoghurt, and dairy products.
Avoid red meat and even normal meat.
Fish is ok.
Cut all cooking oils and use olive oil in salads et
Give him flax seeds ,powdered and added to his food.
He needs at least 1 hour of active exercise daily .
No junk food .
No burgers.
No fried food
After 3 months of vigorous diet control and exercise, check his lipid profile again.
God bless
Good luck
Dr UMA
yes medical ( drug) management is controversial
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Yes. Your son has both high total cholesterol and high LDL and low HDL
There are still lot of controversies in management of this .
Some believe in starting statins in kids above 8 years of age and some do not believe in drugs because the long term side effects of statins in children are not known.
The first thing you can do is completely cut off all fat in his diet ESP all saturated fat.
Use. Fat free milk yoghurt, and dairy products.
Avoid red meat and even normal meat.
Fish is ok.
Cut all cooking oils and use olive oil in salads et
Give him flax seeds ,powdered and added to his food.
He needs at least 1 hour of active exercise daily .
No junk food .
No burgers.
No fried food
After 3 months of vigorous diet control and exercise, check his lipid profile again.
God bless
Good luck
Dr UMA
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