Ways to lower triglycerides include controlling diet, increasing physical activity, taking lipid-lowering drugs, and controlling other influencing factors.
1. Diet control: Diet has a great influence on triglycerides. It is suggested that patients should reduce the intake of fat and sugar, such as fatty meat, fried food, desserts, etc., and consume more dietary fiber-rich food, such as spinach, celery and other vegetables.
2. Physical exercise: you can strengthen the physical exercise to promote the body metabolism, so that the excess fat in the body to consume, and promote the metabolism of triglycerides.
3. Taking lipid-lowering drugs: common lipid-lowering drugs mainly include beta, such as fenofibrate, benzofibrate, etc.; statins, such as atorvastatin, resuvastatin, etc.; as well as ezetimibe, PCSK9 inhibitors and so on. The medication can be taken under the guidance of a professional doctor.
4. Control other influencing factors: In addition to drug treatment and lifestyle intervention, comorbidities should also be intervened, such as patients with diabetes mellitus, should actively control blood glucose. At the same time, attention should be paid to the effect of drugs on triglycerides, such as thiazide diuretics (e.g., hydrochlorothiazide), hormones (e.g., dexamethasone), β-blockers (e.g., propranolol, etc.) may cause triglyceride elevation, and should be taken with caution.
If triglyceride elevation is not relieved, or accompanied by other symptoms, you should go to the hospital for consultation and treatment.