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Please estimate my blood test report and comment on the abnormal values.

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Published At March 11, 2020
Reviewed AtAugust 30, 2023

Patient's Query

Hello doctor,

I found in my test report with high mentioned below.

  1. Bilirubin total 1.4 H mg/dl
  2. Triglycerides 251 H mg/dl 0.0-150.0
  3. LDL cholesterol 108 H mg/dl < 100
  4. VLDL cholesterol 50.2 H mg/dl < 40
  5. Cholesterol /HDL ratio 5.28 H - 0.0-5.0
  6. Fasting blood sugar (Hexokinase) 126 H mg/dl 70.0-100.0
  7. MCHC (Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration) 34.8 H g/L 31.5 - 34.5
  8. Monocytes 1.5 L % 0.2-1.0 thousand/µL [2-10%]
  9. Please let me know is there any problem.

Hello,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

Abnormal reports are one is lipid profile, you are having hyperlipidemia and secondly, blood sugars which are just in a diabetic range. Bold figures are not necessarily abnormal and slight variation is acceptable. Get one ECG (electrocardiography) done as well.

You should have a healthy lifestyle like avoiding fatty, oily and high-calorie diet. Have a low salt diet and monitor blood pressure regularly and should not be persistently more than 140/90 mmHg. Take lots of green leafy vegetables, fruits, fish once or twice a week, and avoid meat. Avoid smoking and alcohol if any. There should not abdominal fat deposition or obesity. Also, you should be started on lipid medicine like tablet Rosuvastatin 10 mg at bedtime, repeat the lipid profile after eight weeks.

For sugars, I think we should try vigorous lifestyle changes which includes strict avoidance of sweets, regular exercises like brisk walking, jogging according to your capacity at least 30 minutes a day and five days a week, and above mentioned changes. Repeat fasting and postprandial blood sugar after two weeks and also get HbA1c (glycated hemoglobin) done. If they are still in the diabetic range then you need to take medicine like Metformin.

I hope this helps.

Patient's Query

Thank you doctor,

Your advice is highly appreciated. I will follow this.

Hi,

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Dr. Sagar Ramesh Makode
Dr. Sagar Ramesh Makode

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