High Cholesterol Testing & Diagnosis
High cholesterol is tested for and diagnosed through a standard cholesterol screening process which analyzes the patient’s levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL), triglyceride and total cholesterol levels.
After reviewing these cholesterol and fat levels in your blood, your medical professional of cholesterol test administrator will be able to help you find out more about putting together a treatment or prevention plan for high cholesterol in your individual body.
It is important to remember that before you take a cholesterol test and high cholesterol testing diagnosis, it is highly recommended to not eat anything for about eight hours before the cholesterol test. Water is ok, but it is also recommended to avoid coffee and other similar beverages as this, too, may interfere with the cholesterol screening results.
There has been recent research which has shown that the terpine oils in unfiltered coffee (I.e. French press) can increase cholesterol levels in the body. So, in regards to that issue, it is important to drink coffee that if filtered with a paper filter, without holes in it.
In addition to having your cholesterol levels checked by your doctor, there are also home cholesterol screening products available at decent prices.
When administering these tests, it is important to remember to fast before taking the test and, in the case where cholesterol levels read a bit high, proper follow up with your medical professional is highly recommended.
This issue alone tends to be the problem for many individuals who test for cholesterol at home.
Many individuals who purchase the cholesterol test and find higher than normal cholesterol levels may tend to put off calling the doctor in order to schedule and appointment in order to find out if the reading was absolutely correct and to put together a treatment plan for high cholesterol such as through the use of certain high cholesterol medications as well as lifestyle change advice and diet which they in most cases would be happy to provide to you in order to help lower your cholesterol.
Follow up on a high cholesterol reading is imperative as it may only increase and ultimately lead to heart disease, stroke or other high cholesterol related diseases or conditions.
In addition to just adults over 20 years of age, many children have been experiencing heightened levels of cholesterol due to obesity, lack of exercise and improper diet.
In this case it would be very important to have the child tested for high cholesterol in order to help prevent or avoid future related complications.
In any case, testing for high cholesterol can save all individuals from increased risk of other diseases such as heart attack or stroke and it is important to continue with cholesterol testing about every five years even if it has been low the last time tested for high cholesterol.
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