These are according to the lab normal. Can anyone tell me what they mean if abnormal?
Serum total Cholesterol level 4.5 mmol/L
Serum HDL cholesterol level 1.4 mmol/L
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 3.2
Adjusted Calcium 2.21 mmol/L (2.1-2.58 mmol/L)
Serum Gamma GT level 17 u/L (10.0-70.00 u/L)
Thanks
What’s the range on cholesterol
High levels cholesterol linked to being hypothyroid
nhs.uk/conditions/statins/c...
If you have an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), treatment may be delayed until this problem is treated. This is because having an underactive thyroid can lead to an increased cholesterol level, and treating hypothyroidism may cause your cholesterol level to decrease, without the need for statins. Statins are also more likely to cause muscle damage in people with an underactive thyroid.
Low Vitamin D tends to lead to low calcium
Hi SlowDragon There is no reference interval shown for the cholesterol I don't know why. Is this number high do you think?
I don’t know if cholesterol is always standard range (like vitamin D) or if it varies between labs
On my GP app it says the ranges are:
Total cholesterol 3.3-5.2mmol/L.
HDL 1.1-2.6mmol/L
Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 0.0-5.0
It used to have a clicky link but doesn’t at the moment, from what I remember they like total below 5. But also the total:HDL is important, the lower the better I think as HDL is the ‘good’ cholesterol.
When mine was checked the total was 5.8, I got a phone call from the surgery receptionist saying come get a diet/exercise sheet, which I refused to do because it was just another symptom of the failing thyroid (I knew that because you lot told me). But my total:HDL was 2.6, which the doc thought was good and so the 5.8 was nothing to worry about.
selftreatendo Beads
You might find this picture interesting on the subject of cholesterol :
twitter.com/lowcarbGP/statu...
And these links :
drmalcolmkendrick.org/2012/...
spacedoc.com/articles/50-fa...
ravnskov.nu/2015/12/27/myth-9/
Just remember when looking into cholesterol that, even if a research paper claims to prove that high cholesterol kills you (which isn't true anyway), that low cholesterol increases your risk for cancer, dementia, diabetes type 2, kidney failure, cataracts, excruciating muscle pain and heart failure.
Personally I refuse to let my doctor test my cholesterol, and I wouldn't touch a statin with a barge pole.
Hear, hear.
humanbean That dr is saying the higher the cholesterol, the lower the mortality rate which I find hard to believe. Eating lots of bacon sarnies is going to increase the heart attack rate not reduce it!
Yup! The studies suggest that those with higher cholesterol live longer. 80- 90% of our cholesterol is made in the liver so what we eat has very little effect on cholesterol levels therefore eating bacon sarnies is not going to change that. Cholesterol is used in the brain, which is why those on statins can have memory loss, along with other debilitating problems. There is no way I would take a statin and I’m not at all worried that my cholesterol levels are a bit ‘high’; the figure is arbitrary. I’m pleased that I have a good level of cholesterol as it will prolong my life. The claims that low cholesterol “stops you from dying” is laughable - we all die at some time. Dr Kendrick is a good man.
So cholesterol does not clog up the arteries then? It does not cause blood clots?
Not as far as I’m aware having read Dr Kendrick’s book and other articles, studies and material. I’m not a researcher, medic or any other scientific persuasion. Dr Kendrick’s book ‘Doctoring Data’ is a must read.
If you want an explanation which is short and sweet, this is worth watching :
Blood results - please decipher for me
Re posted blood for help
Latest blood results following request for increased dose
Can someone translate for me please?
