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Cholesterol Tests - Anyone Understand Them?
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CATHKIN | Report | 11 Jul 2008 21:24 |
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CATHKIN | Report | 10 Jul 2008 20:43 |
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CATHKIN | Report | 10 Jul 2008 20:15 |
You also need to look at the whole picture by doing a CVRA -Cardiovascular risk assessment -age , sex , good and bad chol , blood pressure , family history . , smoking status. Some people could have a chol of eg 6 , non smoker bp okay and risk would be low , another person chol 6 , smoker high bp , family history , risk high may need statin -everyone is different. |
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CATHKIN | Report | 10 Jul 2008 20:11 |
The fast is 8 hours -you starve from midnight but drink water , black tea or black coffee, Ros xx |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:56 |
thanks Sally, thankfully I doing fine |
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SallyF | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:44 |
Side effects can include depression and muscle pain. For MiL it was the muscle pain that was the problem. She had a really bad time with it. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:43 |
Neither of us have had any problems at all with Simvastatin. But not all people are tolerant of statins I know. |
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SallyF | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:40 |
There are varying forms of them and different dosages. She is on a statin but has to be kept an eye on as they can affect her quite badly. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:37 |
what on earth happens then if you can't tolerate statins? Is there anything else I wonder |
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SallyF | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:35 |
My MiL has had to try various different forms of tablets and statins have had bad effects for her, so they aren't necessarily the right thing for everyone. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:31 |
before my annual test I fast from 10:00 pm the previous night and have the test around 9:00 next day |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:30 |
statins by the way have all sorts of extra benefits and are life savers and I have never had any ill effects from them - started on Simvastatin and then changed to Atorvastatin. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:29 |
I think the fast is 12 hours not 24! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:28 |
when I was first diagnosed with high cholesterol - 9.5 - after I kept having what I thought were heart attacks with excruciating chest pains. my GP said he give me statins. I said let me get it down myself, I eat all the wrong foods. A month later I went back for a further test after having cut out butter, cream, biscuits, cake and all the things I like. It was now 11.5!!!! Obviously my GP said it is not what you are eating, it is familial - either of both your parents had high cholesterol. So I am now on statins for life - Atorvastatin - and my reading is between 4 and 5 at the last test. |
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Sheila | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:25 |
Thanks all. |
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MaryinSpain | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:17 |
Sheila - when I had a blood test in March my results were worse than that - well I think they were. Here in Spain it is a percentage and mine was 550 plus . doctor gave me a diet sheet and some statin tablets. I now eat red meat twice a week - the rest of the time either chicken, turkey or fish. When I had another blood test last month my cholestrol had halved. But having said all that about diet I still have the tablets to take. I am sure years ago 5 was just about an ok figure - they keep moving the goal posts. I am sure your doctor will be able to give you more advise. |
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SallyF | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:17 |
Just remembered my MiL drinks a glass of wine vinegar every day which she says helps cut it as well. Yuck! |
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Roxanne | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:16 |
Sheila,I had the same problem,Like your husbands mine was border line,I was told to reduce it with my diet,which is and was very healthy,I also exercise and dont have any other health problems. |
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SallyF | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:15 |
PS Did he starve for 24 hours before the test was taken? That can be quite crucial. |
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SallyF | Report | 10 Jul 2008 16:15 |
My MiL has high cholesterol and she would kill for a level of 5.2. It can be affected by stress and worry as well as diet, and your body does need some. It acts like oil in an engine. |