What Does This Lipid Profile Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Tue, 29 Dec 2015

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Tue, 29 Dec 2015 Answered on

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Question : I had health check up as part of regular activity.
I see my cholesterol is at high risk.
Please provide your suggestions.

Attaching lipid profile and complete reports for your reference.

Answered by Dr. Anantharamakrishnan (30 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Need BOTh Life style chnages & Drug

Detailed Answer:
Hi friend
Welcome to Health Care Magic

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.

     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.

You should start it straight away – as this level cannot be controlled by life style changes alone…
Repeat the test in 2 to 3 months.

Good luck
God bless you

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Anantharamakrishnan (1 hour later)

Consultant suggested Rosuvastatin tablets I.P (ruzucor-10) is this same as Statin?

And dosage is 1 tablet everyday after dinner. Currently no medication.

Answered by Dr. Anantharamakrishnan (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Yes / It is a statin
Take it regularly / at bed time
Repeat blood test after 2 months / and adjust the dose
Need to take lifelong - for long life... it is an easily treatable risk factor
Follow up with your doctor

All the best
Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar