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High Cholesterol Medication
There are 5 types of drugs to lower cholesterol:
- The bile acid binding resins such as cholestyramine (Questran) and colestipol (Colestid). Are used less frequently today since they lower both HDL (good) and LDL (bad).
- Niacin (several brands).
- Fibrates such as gemfibrozil (Lopid), fenofibrate (Tricor) and clofibrate (Abitarte). Fibrates spatially help people with high triglyceride levels. Read the rest of this entry »
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High Cholesterol | Prevention and Treatment
Duration
If your cholesterol level is high, you should make an effort to decrease the long term. Can significantly reduce cholesterol levels by following a diet low in saturated fat, fruits and vegetable fats and substituting “bad” fats “good”. Changes in diet should be permanent to maintain lower cholesterol levels. Daily exercise is important because it can raise HDL (good) and lower total cholesterol.
Prevention
Could prevent high cholesterol by maintaining a healthy diet and exercise daily. Avoid foods high in fat (eggs, red meat with fat, palm oil or coconut and dairy based whole milk). Instead, eat fruits and vegetables, breads and grains, and lowfat dairy products. Read the rest of this entry »
High Cholesterol | Symptoms and Diagnosis
Symptoms
Most people with high cholesterol have no symptoms until cholesterol-related atherosclerosis causes significant narrowing of the arteries supplying the heart and brain. The result is chest pain related to the heart (angina pectoris) or other symptoms of coronary artery disease, as well as symptoms of decreased blood flow to the brain (transient ischemic attack or stroke).
About 1 in 500 people have inherited a condition called familial hypercholesterolemia, which causes extremely high cholesterol levels (above 300 milligrams per deciliter). People with this disorder can develop nodules of cholesterol (xanthomas) in various tendons, especially in the Achilles tendon in the bottom of the leg. Cholesterol deposits also occur on the eyelids, there are called xanthelasma. Read the rest of this entry »
High Cholesterol | Risk Factors
To better assess the risk of atherosclerosis, it is necessary to check LDL cholesterol. According to the guidelines established by the National Cholesterol Education sponsored by the government, the ideal level of LDL cholesterol depends on whether the person has a disease caused by atherosclerosis or diabetes, or risk factors of coronary disease. Risk factors for this disease:
- being a man over 45 years
- being a woman over 55
- being female and premature menopause
- family history of premature coronary artery disease (father or brother under 55 suffering from the disease or a mother or sister under 65 years with the same disease)
- smoke
- have high blood pressure
- not having enough good cholesterol (high density lipoprotein or HDL) Read the rest of this entry »
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High Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a fatty substance produced naturally by the body and serves several vital functions. You need to create walls that surround the cells of the body and is the basic substance is transformed into certain hormones. Your body makes all the cholesterol it needs. Therefore, only a small amount of fat in the diet, so your body produces enough cholesterol to stay healthy.
The intestine absorbs fat and cholesterol you eat and transports it to the liver. The liver converts this fat and releases cholesterol into the bloodstream. There are two main types of cholesterol: low density lipoprotein (LDL) (LDL “bad”) cholesterol and high density lipoprotein (HDL) (the “good” cholesterol). Read the rest of this entry »
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