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Abnormal cholesterol
Your LDL of 131 is mildly elevated, but more importantly, your HDL of 23 is significantly low â HDL is the 'good' cholesterol that protects the heart, and low levels increase cardiovascular risk. At 27 years of age, lifestyle changes like regular aerobic exercise, reducing saturated and fried fats, increasing fiber intake, and avoiding smoking can meaningfully improve both numbers. Whether medication is also needed depends on your overall cardiovascular risk profile and other health history.
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Please consult a physician with your full lipid profile for a proper risk assessment. Please consult me directly on Practo for a detailed evaluation.
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Avoid sedentary lifestyel,,you should walk atleast 10 min after each full three meals and avoid oily fried spicy food.
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low calorie diet and adequate hydration
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do get repeat lipid profile test done after 6 to 8 week
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Improve life style with healthy diet, avoiding fatty, sugary food, alcohol, regular physical exercise, regular sleeping.
Do lipid profile after 6 to 8weeks and share results.
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Hi,
Your LDL is mildly high and HDL is low, which is common at your age.
Start with healthy diet, regular exercise and weight control many see good improvement in 3 months.
Repeat lipid profile after that.
Feel free to consult for further guidance.
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Yes, the cholesterol levels are abnormal.
LDL 131 mg/dL â mildly high
HDL 23 mg/dL â very low
At age 27, diet, regular exercise, weight control, and avoiding smoking/tobacco are usually the first steps. Repeat the lipid profile after 3 months.
Medication is not always needed initially unless there are other risk factors (diabetes, high BP, smoking, family history of heart disease). Consult your doctor for personalized advice.
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Before starting medicines, a proper balanced diet can solve it. Exercise, avoidance of junk foods , and calorie measurement can help a lot. After this follow up is necessary.
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Monitor FLP , LFT.
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Avoid fried and spicy food
Water intake more
Green leafy vegetables more
Fiber meal
Avoid sugar rice potatoes
Walk
Do connect and consult
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It is a very vague question without proper history. LDL values, although more than normal person its optimal value for you depends on your history. For example for cardiac patients and patients with family history of early cardiac issues we need to keep the levels below normal level. Also depends on what you eat, your BMI and other causes for elevated LDL etc... blindly taking medications is not good without evaluating why you have a higher LDL compared to a normal person. You might end up just doing symptomatic treatment without treating the cause and medication have their side effects as well. You are a young patient so get it evaluated. Hope this helps.
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This information is not enough to assess your cholesterol levels. We need more information. The above mentioned levels are little abnormal. U can correct it with diet and exercise surely. But still we need more information to completely asses your overall health and cholesterol level. You can consult me for more information.
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Hello, well i hope you don't have diabetes or hypertension and any cardiac risk factors of u have those then u will surely need medication!
If not you can try more plant based diet, daily exercises or walking morning 30 mins evening 30 mins. Try this, and reduce meat consumption and u could use olive oil and avocados, nuts etc. get back here with reports in 6 weeks again and lets see your progress, good luck. If you need more information you can consult
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