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Hypercholesterolemia: Diagnosis and Treatment
How does the doctor make the diagnosis?
We analyze a sample of blood after a fasting period of at least 12 hours (you can only drink water), to measure total cholesterol, LDL and HDL cholesterol and triglycerides. To avoid mistakes is to know that some drugs and pregnancy have elevated cholesterol and which, by contrast, shows a transient for many diseases, such as a myocardial infarction.
In some patients with severe hereditary hypercholesterolemia can be found outside of cholesterol deposits above. Whenever you are high cholesterol, your doctor should look for possible signs of cardiovascular disease by measuring blood pressure and auscultation of the heart and check arterial pulses (voltage measurement). It should also measure the amount of glucose in blood, assess renal function and perform an electrocardiogram (ECG). Read the rest of this entry »
What are The Symptoms of Hypercholesterolemia?
Most people with high cholesterol have no symptoms or alterations to suspect. In some cases it can be observed cholesterol deposits in eyes, skin and tendons. As mentioned before, the true importance of hypercholesterolemia, which together with other risk factors, promotes the premature development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.
Atherosclerosis is a slow process so that, over the years, fat and cholesterol is deposited on the walls of the arteries (atherosclerotic plaques). This results in hardening and narrowing, which reduces the amount of blood that can pass through them and reduces the necessary irrigation for different organs. Over time, the artery can become blocked and thus cause a heart attack in areas that depend on their blood supply (resulting in the death of these tissues). Read the rest of this entry »
Hypercholesterolemia: What is Cholesterol Measured?
On the other hand, the importance of high cholesterol is very different, as well as by the ratio of LDL and HDL, as the existence of other risk factors for atherosclerosis such as smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension), or a history familiar with cases of cardiovascular disease. It is possible, for example, that a person has an elevated cholesterol level and cardiovascular risk in the end, is relatively low due to the absence of other risk factors and family history. Read the rest of this entry »
Hypercholesterolemia: What is Cholesterol?
Cholesterol, like triglycerides, part of the body’s fat, also known as lipids. Lipids are present in the structure of all cells, as part of its membrane (envelope). They are used as raw material for the synthesis of some hormones and metabolized to produce energy. The blood cholesterol level depends in part on the amount and type of fat taken with food, but mainly comes from its manufacture by the body in the liver.
A high cholesterol level in blood is not a problem in the short term, but if sustained for a long time, accelerates the development of atherosclerosis, arterial degenerative process associated with age, which is a hardening and narrowing of the arteries carry blood to different organs and body parts.
It is often said that there are two types of cholesterol: “good” cholesterol, called high density lipoprotein (HDL, the acronym), and “bad”, consisting of low density lipoprotein (LDL). Read the rest of this entry »
Effective Methods for Weight Loss
Choose white meat rather than red meat. White meat, including fish and poultry, is infinitely better than red meat including pork for those trying to lose weight. Remember that fiber multi-grain breads are better than white bread. Have you heard that it is necessary to increase the fiber content in foods? This is one response to that. Not only is better in terms of fiber content, but also in terms of protein content as well. Reduce your consumption of pork. Pork is not something that can help you lose weight. If you consume less than this element, the better the chances of losing weight. And remember that pork includes pork products such as bacon, ham and sausages.
Limit your intake of sugar. If you can not take things without sugar substitutes go to it. These things can be used effectively as a sweetener, but certainly not fattening. “Graze” 5-6 times a day. Instead of sticking to just three meals a day, “doing pastoral.” This means you can perfectly eat 5 or 6 small meals instead of three king sized meals. It’s a great way to have less food. There are many things you have to avoid from your diet, but may have an unyielding desire not to comply with its non-final consumption. Do not avoid them completely.
As lower cholesterol
To regulate cholesterol is required to raise the good cholesterol and lowering bad. Not all fats we eat are bad, but some of them is lowering bad cholesterol.
Good fats
Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are the best option as they help lower bad cholesterol levels while maintaining good cholesterol levels. Some foods containing these fats are peanut oil, olive oil, canola oil and nuts. Other recommended fats are avocados and flaxseed, chia seeds and others.
Fats that raise cholesterol
All animal fat and hydrogenated fats like butter and margarine (there are not hydrogenated and is indicated on the package).
Almost all fried foods have trans fats as well as most pre-prepared meals. Panaderilla bread and butter tends to have almost all fast food.
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Triglycerides
Name and Type of Test
Triglycerides are fats, or more lipids, the body needs for the formation of structures essential for cells and therefore travel through the bloodstream. Considered a great reservoir of energy for our body. As with cholesterol, the liver is the main factory of triglycerides in our body. It is not often isolated elevation of triglycerides without alteration of other lipids such as cholesterol, but there are familial diseases and dietary changes that can condition an increase in their normal numbers will cause hypertriglyceridemia, with the consequent emergence of pathologies associated with its increase in blood.