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Treatment guidlines of hypertriglyceridemia?

• Hypertriglyceridemia is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and acute pancreatitis

• Initially, patients with hypertriglyceridemia should be counseled about therapeutic lifestyle changes (e.g., healthy diet, regular exercise, tobacco-use cessation)
• Patients also should be screened for metabolic syndrome and other acquired or secondary causes
• Patients with high serum triglyceride levels (200 to 499 mg per dL ) require an overall cardiac risk assessment.
• But the main step tn therapy is lowering LDL
• main pharmacologic agents for managing hypertriglyceridemia : Statines, Fibrates, Niacin,
• You should do total cholestrol level,LDL level
• Youe health care provider should stratify your cardiovscular risk, Your levels of cholestol levels and then determine the best choise of medications according to your case

Causes of hypertriglyceridemia?

• High carbohydrate diet

• High fat diet
• Unknown
• Obesity
• Diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance
• Excess alcohol consumption
• Kidney failure, nephrotic syndrome
• Genetic predisposition

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