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Dr. Khaled Tantawi
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الأسئلة المجابة 10424 | نسبة الرضا 98.1%
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Welcome! How can I help with your medical question?
My cholesterol is 5.37 it had been under 5.2 over years. Do I need to start medication and how many miles/day
Have you seen a doctor about this yet? What medications are you taking?
None so far. He prescribed crestor 20mg.
Anything else in your medical history you think the doctor should know?
None good bp. Daily swimming.slight high bmi. No sugar
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Dr. Khaled Tantawi
Licensed Physician
الأسئلة المجابة 10424 | نسبة الرضا 98.1%
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Regarding your question,
what are the way to control high cholesterol level
- life style changes most importantly is to avoid high fat diet specially saturated diet as in fried food and animal oil
- excersice on regular basis
- take cholesterol lowering drugs as statins (cresto) which we started in caseof risky high cholesterol level as very high bmi above 35 and associated diseases as hypertension and diabetis and heart disease
what are the causes of high cholesterol level
- sedantary life style and eating food with high saturated fat
- hereditay and genetic causes
- no excersice at all
what are the symptoms of high cholesterol level
- obesity : high BMI
- high waist measurement
- recurrent chest pain
- yellowish discoloration around the eye
what are the investigatons used to diagnose high cholesterol level
- clinical exam
- serum lipid profile done after fasting for 12 hours
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Dr. Khaled Tantawi
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الأسئلة المجابة 10424 | نسبة الرضا 98.1%
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