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Is It To Be Concerned About The Increase In Blood Sugar And Total Cholestrol?

My husband just had some blood work done. The next day he came down with a cold. His blood sugars were elevated, his total cholesterol was too. Triglyercides were good. Here is his numbers:

Glucose 109
Total cholesterol 216
LDL 151
HDL 51.8
Triglyrcerides 66

He is 45 years old and last year everything was good. Why the increase?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,
Looking at the clinical history and laboratory reports, I am of the opinion that your husband could be having impaired glucose tolerance and increased lipid levels
The cholesterol and glucose changes noticed are due to altering metabolism and weight gain, along with multiple factors.
It is still early stages and probably no medication is necessary at present. Lifestyle modifications like weight reduction, exercises, balanced diet with low carbohydrates and good fat will help him.
A repeat test in three months, if done after weight reduction should show normal results, if not it will increase.
Any further queries, Happy to help again.
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Is It To Be Concerned About The Increase In Blood Sugar And Total Cholestrol?

Hi, Looking at the clinical history and laboratory reports, I am of the opinion that your husband could be having impaired glucose tolerance and increased lipid levels The cholesterol and glucose changes noticed are due to altering metabolism and weight gain, along with multiple factors. It is still early stages and probably no medication is necessary at present. Lifestyle modifications like weight reduction, exercises, balanced diet with low carbohydrates and good fat will help him. A repeat test in three months, if done after weight reduction should show normal results, if not it will increase. Any further queries, Happy to help again.