High triglycerides

[saarakurian]

My husband aged 35, has a history of high TG since 2006(1st detected)). His mother has also a H/o high TG, Cholesterol and BP. Recently she developed Hypothyroidism at age of 56 and then Diabetes mellitus type 2 at age of 59. Now she is 59 years old.Today we did the blood test for my husband and his TG is 519 mg/dl. Total Cholestrol is 208 mg/dl, LDL is 142 mg/dL and HDL is 34.42 mg/dl.His S. amylase is slightly elevated 112 U/l. Now a new develpoment happened is slightly elevated TSH of 4.59, which was normal till 1 year back. So please advice what this indicates? is he developing hypothyroidism? how can he regulate his TG and TSH?

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

TSH is slightly elevated, but for therapy to be initiated T3 & T4 levels need to be considered.  For control of cholesterol, I can give the following suggestions. Reduce the total fat content of you diet to <30% of calories. Of which of saturated fat<10% of calories, polyunsaturated fat <10% of calories and mono unsaturated fat <10% of calories. Increased dietary intake of fiber rich foods like oat bran will help. Diet should be rich in antioxidant vitamins found primarily in fruits and vegetables. Reduce energy intake to achieve ideal body weight. Avoid alcohol consumption. Exercise regularly, it is multi beneficial in that besides helping to lose weight and reduce cholesterol levels, it reduces stress and helps improve blood supply to the heart.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

[ChatterAlly]

I'd like to add, since this is my true enemy, that having high triglycerides means there is fat (plaque) in the blood and this is what clogs the arteries.  Make sure he is taking the fenofibrates (Tricor) and a statin.

Take care, Ally

[erijon]

Yes, Tricor is great for TGLs. It is a fenofibrate, is very effective, has few side effects and safe with other drugs like statns. You can also avoid empty carbs like sugars, pasta and bread. Also, don't drink as that will increase TGLs. He also needs to get his LDL down and HDL up. These numbers could well be drivien by his thyroid as it controls one's metabolism which controls your lipids. High cholesterol is often a symptom of thyroid issues, specifically an underactive thyroid so it's worth checking out.

Hope this helps,

Jon

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

hi sorry ya are going threw all of this , i can say two years ago i had really bad numbers to. my tris were well over 600 my good chol ws bad my bad was real bad.

my dr put me on tri-cor what a great med, had no side affects and wow now my numbers are awesome. my tri went down in a year to 107 now they are 78 my good cho has gone up and my bad is great now.

wishing ya luck meds can control it .