Experiences with

HDL cholesterol

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. After getting an urgent letter to go to my docotor as soon as possible, I was told that my cholesterol level is at 8.2 and was prescribed some pills (didn't pick them up yet). I am 28 years old 174cm tall and I weigh aroun 77kgs - so yes, I am overweight. Unfortunatley

After my bypass my statin dose was quadrupled! Whilst I understand why statins are prescribed I cannot find any real explanation for the massive increase. Obviously I will ask at my follow up appointment butt wondered if anybody knew why. If I extrapolated the reduction in my cholesterol level from my

Medical experts realize there is a relationship between cholesterol levels and heart disease, but a new study finds that HDL cholesterol — the "good" cholesterol — can have negative effects on our health.

See comments on both this forum and the Thyroid one about the advisability or not of taking statins. I have a chadvasc score of 3, old lady! and high blood pressure. I take Dabigatran along with various bp meds and because of the statins no-one bothers to re-test my cholesterol level. I half-heartedly

If trigs are lowest ever by LDL and total cholesterol are high does this mean that despite the figures, this is a good result as VLDL in LDL is actually also very low? (HDL is 1.2) UK: Total C: 6.8 LDL: 4.5 HDL : 1.2 Trigs: 1.2 Probable cause of trigs falling: weightloss more exercise LCHF (fat being

My MCH was 33.3 range 27-32, it was flagged up on the results, my g.p said he was not concerned about it as its always been on the high side & proceeded to tell me how it was important to lower my cholesterol, which is 7 (HDL 2.72 - LDL 3.72 -se non HDL 4.28) advising me to go on statins which i am

Hi everyone I've recently been diagnosed with cll and tomorrow..I have my ct scan...I can't help feeling I'm going to die..it came as a shock as I only went for cholesterol test. My doctor ordered more tests and within a week I had marrow biopsy and results. I have no real symptoms.. and work really

EDT Reference Range:< 200 mg/dL HDL-cholesterol 104 mg/dL HDL-cholesterol Date: Mar 26, 2018 02:00 p.m. EDT LDL-cholesterol 86 mg/dL LDL-cholesterol Date: Mar 26, 2018 02:00 p.m.

: Always on the higher side (High LDL, Low HDL, most of the panel is above normal), Uric Acid: Normal, S.

Hi, I just got my whole body checkup done and got some good results. My current hba1c is 5.9 (Detected at 7.8 last year) without any allopathic meds. Cholestrol and all parameters seem good. Only concern is my HDL is low i.e 134 . I dont want to take fish till september. Anything else that can be helpful

They used four different types of ML program and in none of them did LDL cholesterol appear in the top 10 risk factors. HDL appeared in two of them and Triglycerides in one of them but LDL appeared in NONE of them. You can read the paper here http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?

Hi, I'm a strict vegetarian, type 2 diabetic with a cholesterol reading of 6.1. Don't smoke, dig my allotment and live a fairly healthy life (no choc or chips!). Anyone have any tips to reduce my cholesterol level, please? Thanks

Protiens - total protien 70.4 g/L 63.00 - 83.00 - Albumin 38.9 g/L 34.00-50.00 Globulin 31.5 g/L 19.00 - 35.00 Bone Health Calcium 2.42 mmol/L 2.20 - 2.60 - corrected calcium 2.44 mmol/L 2.20 - 260 Gout - uric acid *425

Serum LDL cholesterol level 2.5 mmol/L < 2.0 Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 2.87 < 6.00 Se non HDL cholesterol level 2.8 mmol/L Full blood count (MG) – Normal – No action Total white cell count 6.5 10*9/L (3.7 – 11.0) Red blood cell count

Heart 2014;100:ii1) Serum triglyceride levels (XE2q9) 0.61 mmol/L [< 1.7] Serum HDL cholesterol level (44P5.) 1.48 mmol/L [> 1.0] Serum LDL cholesterol level (44P6.) 2.54 mmol/L [< 3.0] Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio (XaEUq) 2.91 [< 5.0] Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level (XabE1)

In addition, it supports cellular energy production and boosts HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol). Can be found in: beef, poultry, fish, legumes, nuts, eggs, beans, and green vegetables.

I had a heart attack in 2005 at the age of 54. Stent in right coronary artery, put on simvastatin 40mg, bisopolol 2.5mg and aspirin. Very good lipid profile for several years. After 10 years on the simvastatin I was changed to Atorvastatin 30mg. Over the last few years I have been trying to reduce

Haemoglobin A1c level - IFCC standardised 32 mmol/mol [20.0 - 41.0] ( thyroid) HDL AND CHOLESTEROL Serum cholesterol level 5.9 mmol/L Serum HDL cholesterol level 1.1 mmol/L Total cholesterol:HDL ratio 5.4 Non HDL Cholesterol 4.8 mmol/L Guide to Lipid Interpretation: ~ Primary Prevention: Refer to risk

I went for my appointment on Friday. I actually saw the top man, it was a quick one. He has given me an injection called Praluent (alirocumab). It is reasonably new only been in the public use for 2years, trails for 8 years. I have to wait for delivery and then a nurse to show me how to do it even tho

To quote: "While the men who took the drug gained a few pounds and their levels of HDL, or "good" cholesterol fell, none of them (83 men between 18 and 50 years old) experienced mood swings, organ damage, or any other serious side effects" And here is the sentence that stood out for me: "Their hormone