Know Your Blood Reports (Lipid Profile Cholesterol Triglycerides)
Knowing blood report is essential for patient as by understanding reports properly he would take proper care to control blood level changes by proper diet excercise and.patient would not carry unnecessary fear for blood test.
Most imp it will help to ask doctor for eg.how should he improve HDL levels etc
Most imp it will help to ask doctor for eg.how should he improve HDL levels etc
Also if your Doctor misses any imp reading you could ask him or point out him
Doctor may reduced medicines depending on your reports.
Let us start with a often recommended test by cardiologist Lipid profile Lipid profile is perceived as a test for cholesterol ,yes right but cholesterol
Could be total cholesterol ,Good Cholesterol ,and Bad cholesterol
Total cholesterol or Serum cholesterol
Total cholesterol report shows number if the report is normal
It should be.between two numbers a range from lower number to a higher number.
Let us.study how the Lipid profile report is presented
Lipid profile:
1) Total Cholesterol
Observed value 244mg/dl
Normal range value 125 to 200mg/dl
mg/dl means milligram of cholesterol /100 ml
In above case observed value has cross the
Limit
2) Hdl cholesterol this is also refer as Good
Cholesterol
Healthy level for good cholesterol for men HDL 40mg/dl
Or higher
Healthy level for women 50mg/dl or higher
If observed value is 43mg/dl it is healthy for man
So it is normal.But if same reading is of woman it is
Not healthy level
3) LDL cholesterol also called simply bad cholesterol
Healthy level for LDL or bad cholesterol less than 100mg/dl
If observed value is 156mg/dl
It is not healthy level
4) Triglycerides are type of fat found in.your blood
High Triglycerides .might raise.your risk of heart disease ,diabetes
Healthy level for Triglycerides less than 150mg/dl
Border line high 150 to 199mg/dl
High. 200 to 499mg/dl
Very High 500 mg/dl and above
If observed value is 300mg/dl
It comes under high level
Is calculated by ratio
Total Cholesterol/HDL cholesterol
Low risk. If ratio less than 5.1
High Risk if more than 8
Moderate Risk above 5.1and less than.8
So in.short when.you get Lipid profile report.
You would look your report if it is within normal range or it falls
Unhealthy.level .
Ref NIH.Medline plus U.S National Library.of Medicine
18April.2019 for cholesterol recommendations
18 December 2019 for Triglycerides Recommendations
In above case observed value has cross the
Limit
2) Hdl cholesterol this is also refer as Good
Cholesterol
Healthy level for good cholesterol for men HDL 40mg/dl
Or higher
Healthy level for women 50mg/dl or higher
If observed value is 43mg/dl it is healthy for man
So it is normal.But if same reading is of woman it is
Not healthy level
3) LDL cholesterol also called simply bad cholesterol
Healthy level for LDL or bad cholesterol less than 100mg/dl
If observed value is 156mg/dl
It is not healthy level
4) Triglycerides are type of fat found in.your blood
High Triglycerides .might raise.your risk of heart disease ,diabetes
Healthy level for Triglycerides less than 150mg/dl
Border line high 150 to 199mg/dl
High. 200 to 499mg/dl
Very High 500 mg/dl and above
If observed value is 300mg/dl
It comes under high level
Risk for coronary disease:
Total Cholesterol/HDL cholesterol
Low risk. If ratio less than 5.1
High Risk if more than 8
Moderate Risk above 5.1and less than.8
So in.short when.you get Lipid profile report.
You would look your report if it is within normal range or it falls
Unhealthy.level .
Ref NIH.Medline plus U.S National Library.of Medicine
18April.2019 for cholesterol recommendations
18 December 2019 for Triglycerides Recommendations
Simple and easy to understand. Explained in an uncomplicated manner for a those who dont know how to read a blood report. Good going, keep on writing and surely will be interested to read on other topics of yours.
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