Common Questions about Hyperlipidemia and Lipid-lowering Drugs

At present, there are more and more people with three highs, and they are becoming younger and younger. In addition to routine hypertension and diabetes, the number of people with hyperlipidemia is also on the rise. As for hyperlipidemia, many people have many questions. Therefore, Dr. Clove specially invited Dr. Tian from the Department of Cardiology of Guizhou Provincial People’s Hospital to answer everyone’s doubts. On the Problem of Blood Lipid How much is hyperlipidemia when blood lipid is high? Dr. Tian:Triglyceride, cholesterol and low density lipoprotein, no matter which one rises above the upper limit, are hyperlipidemia. The specific values vary slightly according to different detection methods. The following upper limits are for reference: triglyceride 1.7 mmol/L; Cholesterol 5.1 Read More …

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Diabetes treatment, in addition to controlling blood sugar, but also adjust blood lipid

For diabetes treatment, everyone’s first reaction may be to control blood sugar. So, is everything safe if the blood sugar reaches the standard? This is not the case. Today, Dr. Clove will tell you about a very important link in diabetes treatment: blood lipid control. It is very important to control blood lipid. We should know that dyslipidemia can cause atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, cerebral apoplexy and other serious cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, dyslipidemia is called “silent killer”. More than 40% of diabetics have dyslipidemia at the same time. Compared with simple diabetics, these patients will have a greatly increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, in order to prevent this [silent killer], diabetic patients should check their blood lipid level at least Read More …