High triglycerides and total cholesterol and how to treat them

Both high triglycerides and high total cholesterol belong to hyperlipidemia, which is usually treated mainly by lifestyle adjustment and medication, but the focus of treatment is different. 1. Lifestyle adjustment: eat less fatty meat, puffed food and other high-fat food, and do appropriate exercise: such as jogging, brisk walking and so on. 2. Medication (1) High triglyceride: mainly use beta (such as benzapenta, fenofibrate), niacin (such as acyclovir) and high-purity fish oil preparations. (2) High total cholesterol: The main drugs include statins (e.g. atorvastatin, resuvastatin), cholesterol absorption inhibitors (ezetimibe), probucol, bile acid sequestrants (e.g. colestipol, colestipol), and other lipid-regulating drugs (lipitor, doxorubicin, etc.). For different groups of people, the goal of lipid control is different, such as the total cholesterol requirements of the population without other diseases <5.2mmol / L, combined with diabetes mellitus patients need to <4.5mmol / L, it is recommended that patients with high triglyceride and total cholesterol should go to the cardiology department of the hospital, and comply with the doctor’s instructions for treatment.