What Does High LDL And Cholesterol Levels Indicate?

Posted on Wed, 28 May 2014

Question: ,my hdl is 56 my LDL is 223 and total cholesterol is 307 , how dangerous is this

Answered by Dr. Dr. Ivan Romich (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Hi and welcome to HCM

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the query.
Your HDL levels are good, but cholesterol and LDL levels are significantly high and this requires treatment with antilipemics. Of course, dietary habits and lifestyle habits should be changed as well. These findings cant show us the exact danger but it definitely leads to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases especially if there are other risk factors such as stress, smoking,obesity,diabetes and high blood pressure.
In every case, you dont have to be very concerned but lipid values should be corrected with medicines and diet. Wish you good health. Feel free to ask. Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar