Disorders of blood lipid treatment may not take medication

Hypercholesterolemia is also known as dyslipidemia, but many people often call it a dyslipidemia (RLMM). This is a fairly common disease, a concern of many people. RLMM is the main risk of many dangerous diseases such as atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, stroke .

What is dyslipidemia?

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Blood fat has two main forms: cholesterol and triglyceride. RLMM is a pathology that increases the amount of harmful fat, and reduces the fat content to protect the body. To be able to circulate in the body cholesterol and triglyceride combine with a substance called low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density (HDL) and very low density (VLDL). LDL and HDL function to transport cholesterol, while VLDL has the function of transporting triglycerides in the blood. Most cholesterol in the body exists in combination with LDL (denoted LDL-c), only about 1/4 to 1/3 combine with HDL (HDL-c symbol). Too many LDL-c will form atherosclerotic plaques, so it is also called bad cholesterol. HDL-c is beneficial for the body, it resists the process of atherosclerosis by bringing excess cholesterol to stagnate in the walls of blood vessels back to the liver, so HDL-c is also called good cholesterol. Excessive hypertriglyceridemia also contributes to atherosclerosis. In our bodies there is always a balance between these two processes of harm and protection. When calling RLMM, there is an increase in harmful ingredients, and a reduction in beneficial ingredients protects the body.

What is the problem of blood lipid disorder?

(Photo: VTC) There are many factors that affect blood cholesterol levels. Many studies on RLMM in the world indicate that when total cholesterol> 240mg%, the risk of coronary heart disease increases 2-3 times. High cholesterol (LDL-c) in the blood increases, the risk of heart attack. Good cholesterol (HDL-c) in the lower blood also increases the risk of vascular accident and atherosclerosis. The highest triglyceride levels were in patients with diabetes and a higher risk of atherosclerosis.

If LDL-c is high, but HDL-c is also high, less worry is high LDL-c, but HDL-c is low. RLMM disease does not cause immediate harm, but the long-term harm is very dangerous. Medicine has proven that good resolution of RLMM problems is necessary to limit coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular events and reduce mortality from vascular complications.

Treatment and prevention

People with RLMM should not worry too much, calmly apply non-drug treatment immediately, including two basic things:

Abstinence in eating: Reduce eating saturated fat (animal fat, butter, coconut oil .), if not abstain absolutely, avoid eating more than 1/3 saturated fat in daily fat requirements. Reduce the intake of substances that contain lots of cholesterol such as animal viscera (brain, oval, heart, liver .). Particularly with chicken egg yolk, although it is high in cholesterol, at the same time, there are many lecithin which is a regulator of cholesterol metabolism in the body, so it is not necessarily abstinence, but can eat 2-3 eggs a week. For overweight people, it is necessary to lose weight. Should eat more fresh vegetables, drink green tea. Do not drink much alcohol, do not smoke because it promotes atherosclerosis and increases bad cholesterol.

Exercise and sports: Need to practice appropriate to each person's health, each time trying to exercise 30-45 minutes at the level of no exertion, practice at least 3 times a week. Exercise and sports will contribute to increasing the effect of dieting.

After the use of non-oral treatments for 4-6 months and still not improving the condition of RLMM, especially the bad cholesterol (LDL-c) is high, it is necessary to use more lipid-lowering drugs in the blood. The drug can be used in one of four drug classes: Statin, fibrate, niacin, or resin. When using the drug, there must be indications and follow-up of the doctor, because in addition to lowering blood fat, the drug may cause many side effects.