Total cholesterol 6.52mmol/L is not normal and belongs to hypercholesterolemia.
The normal range of total cholesterol is 2.83~5.20mmol/L, 6.52mmol/L is obviously higher than the normal level, it should be lifestyle intervention and medication, diet should be low-fat and low-cholesterol diet, moderate exercise to reduce the weight, and the medication mainly includes statin drugs.
1. Lifestyle intervention: Dietary choices should be low-fat and low-cholesterol diet, such as eating more vegetables, fruits, lean meat, fish, etc., and limiting the consumption of fried foods, fatty meats, egg yolks, cheeses, animal offal and other high-fat and high cholesterol foods, restricting the intake of sweets, reducing body weight, and appropriate physical exercise.
2. Medication: For the treatment of simple hypercholesterolemia, statins are preferred, such as atorvastatin, resuvastatin, simvastatin, etc., which can effectively lower total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol; and there are also medications such as ezetimibe and Lipotropic to help lower blood lipids.
Total cholesterol of 6.52mmol/L should go to the hospital in time and be treated under doctor’s guidance.