The normal range of total cholesterol is 2.83-5.20mmol/L, 7.64mmol/L is significantly higher than the normal level, it should be lifestyle intervention and drug treatment, the diet should be low-fat and low-cholesterol diet, moderate exercise to reduce the weight, the drugs mainly include statins.
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 reduce total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol; and there are also medications such as ezetimibe and Lipotropic to help reduce blood lipids.
Total cholesterol of 7.64mmol/L should go to the hospital in time and be treated under doctor’s guidance.