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Please guide me .I attached my lipid profile.my triglycerides was 136 when I checked 10 days before it increased to 193 within 10 days.i joined nutrition plan fo this .please help.
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Is lipid profile fasting or not fasting?
As raised triglycerides,total cholesterol and LDL you can consult physician
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Dietary changes
No fast food
Weight loss
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For your age, the report is not alarming but you could definitely do better to avoid future medical issues . Meaning you are still in a preventive stage rather than investigating and curing. This is both simple as well as most complex.
Simple because lifestyle changes are a must( what you eat, how much you eat, when you eat, when you sleep, when. How much and how often you consume alcohol, if you do). Simple because you are not dependent on a medication.
Complex because it's hard to keep self control, break patterns, choose health over taste, choose benefit over ease of availability.
You can get more and enough info on the internet for diets. It will be helpful for you to consult to know and be sure what will be most beneficial for you.
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Dietary correction needed
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Lab error is most common cause.
Why u go for test do freq. Whr your complaint is most important
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No need to worry about this condition..1st at all stop oily spicy and junk food ..take more fruits and salad...Avoid Over stress..
If you test lipid Profile after taking food triglyceride level shows increased value as compared to fasting condition .
Tab Atorva F 1tab HS x 20 days.
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avoid oily spicy and junk food.take salads and fruit.
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Hey dont worry.
Your report is borderline high
Should be able to control with lifestyle modification
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Diet with high protein, low fat.
no fried foods, junk food, carbonated drinks
Avoid sugar and bakery products also
Can consume once in a while.
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In absence of any family history of cardiac illness at young age, report is not worrisome.
dont repeat so often.
repeat after 3 months.
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Avoid fatty foods and sugar and do regular exercise
Consult for more
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Need some dietary and lifestyle modifications
Need proper consultation
Eventually have to start on medication’s
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Do consult for further management
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Kindly do connect and consult with me for better treatment plan and advice
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You should avoid oily food and exercise and can start with medication for this please consult for same
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Tell you occupation?
Don't eat late night foods
Start the tablet today itself
Tab. Roseday-gold 20(only night after food)
Report the test after one month
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Triglycerides can change within days due to food, fasting status, stress, or lab variation. 193 is borderline high, not dangerous suddenly, but needs lifestyle control.
Your cholesterol and LDL are also mildly high. Continue the nutrition plan, avoid sugary/fried foods, exercise daily, and repeat a proper fasting lipid profile after 6–8 weeks. You can consult me for proper evaluation and treatment.
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Dr. Vetsa Sri Krishna Chaitanya
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Rajahmundry
Need a few more details please consult for further evaluation and treatment
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Dr. Chaithra H
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5 yrs exp
Bangalore
Good you have joined diet plan
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Dr. Avinash Jothish Kurup
General Physician
5 yrs exp
Ernakulam
The most likely reason your triglycerides jumped from 136 to 193 in 10 days isn’t disease progression — it’s the fasting status of the test. Triglycerides are the most food-sensitive lipid we measure. A carb-heavy meal, sweets, ghee, or alcohol in the 12 hours before the test can push TG up by 50-100 points, and the rest of the panel barely changes. So the first question is — were both samples drawn after a proper 10-12 hour fast (water only)?
That said, your overall picture isn’t alarming for 30, but it’s at the stage where attention helps and panic doesn’t. Three things stand out:
1. LDL 143 — borderline high (target under 130, ideally under 100)
2. TG/HDL ratio 4.6 — should be under 3; this is an early marker of insulin resistance
3. TC/HDL 5.33 — mildly elevated cardiovascular risk indicator
This is lifestyle territory, not medication territory — provided we rule out a few underlying contributors with simple tests.
Next Steps
Get these together with a repeat lipid:
• Repeat lipid profile after a proper 12-hour fast (water only, no chai or biscuits in the morning) — confirm whether TG is genuinely at 193
• HbA1c + fasting glucose + fasting insulin — your TG/HDL ratio hints at insulin resistance; this confirms it
• TSH — even mild hypothyroidism quietly elevates lipids, and it’s the most commonly missed cause
• SGOT, SGPT, GGT + Ultrasound abdomen — to check for fatty liver, which often travels with this lipid pattern
Lifestyle plan for the next 12 weeks (this is the proper trial period before any medication):
• Cut refined carbs, sugar, sweets, fried foods, sugary drinks, alcohol — significantly
• 30-45 minutes of brisk activity 5 days a week (walking, cycling, dancing — anything that raises your heart rate)
• Replace ghee/butter portions with olive oil for cooking
• Add fatty fish or omega-3 2-3 times a week (or 1g fish oil daily)
• Switch to whole grains, more vegetables, a handful of almonds/walnuts daily
• Keep dinner light and 2-3 hours before sleep
Then repeat the lipid panel after 12 weeks. A real drop is expected with this. If it doesn’t budge with strict adherence, that’s when medication enters the picture.
Helpful Tips / Word of Caution
• A 10-day jump in TG is almost certainly a fasting/diet issue from the test day itself — please don’t worry
• About the nutrition plan you joined — be careful with high-fat keto-style plans, extreme calorie cuts, or juice cleanses; some of these can actually worsen lipids short-term. Share the plan with your doctor before fully committing
• Don’t skip the additional tests (TSH, insulin, LFT) — the lipid panel alone tells only part of the story
• Family history matters: if either parent has early heart disease (
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Dr. Shreya Pradip Gudka
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Mumbai
Your lipids are deranged and you need to start medications for the same
Do you have any other problem ?
Diabetes / BP/ irregular menses?
Consult on WhatsApp- 8169 five three nine 838
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Dr. Gaurav Jaiswal
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Jhansi
Avoid fried and spicy food
Water intake more
Green leafy vegetables more
Fiber meal
Walk
Do connect and consult
Will help you
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
General Practitioner
7 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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