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Hyperlipidemia
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Condition overview
Attributes
Commonalityis common
Linked signs and symptoms
7Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
Linked drugs / medications
2Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
2Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
17These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- amylase concentration
- Apolipoprotein B Concentration
- Cholesterol Concentration
- Cholinesterase (Serum Acetylcholinesterase, Pseudocholinesterase)
- Glucagon Concentration Test
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT, OGTT, 120 Minutes After Glucose Load)
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT, OGTT, 160 Minutes After Glucose Load)
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT, OGTT, 30 Minutes After Glucose Load)
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT, OGTT, 60 Minutes After Glucose Load)
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT, OGTT, Fasting Glucose)
- Glucose Tolerance Test for Gestational Diabetes (1 Hour After Glucose Load)
- Glucose Tolerance Test for Gestational Diabetes (Fasting Glucose Value)
- Glucose, Blood (Fasting Blood Glucose)
- Glucose, Blood (Random Blood Glucose Test)
- Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Concentration
- Triglyceride (TGs) Concentration
- Urine Amylase Excretion Rate
Biological markers/agents
9This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
8- AmylaseReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 25–125 units/LLinked diagnostic testsamylase concentration
- Cholesterol (Total)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y): 75–180 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y): 0–190 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsCholesterol Concentration
- CholinesteraseReference range exampleAll: 6–19 U/mLLinked diagnostic testsCholinesterase (Serum Acetylcholinesterase, Pseudocholinesterase)
- GlucagonReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 0–147 pg/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 20–110 pg/mLLinked diagnostic testsGlucagon Concentration Test
- Glucose (Blood)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y): 3–6.1 mmol/L; Adult ( > 16y): 0–6.1 mmol/LLinked diagnostic testsfasting Blood Glucose Test, Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT
- Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–125 mg/dL; 6y - 16y: 0–100 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsLow Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Concentration
- TriglyceridesReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 32–137 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 35–155 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsTriglyceride (TG's) Concentration, Triglyceride (TGs) Concentration
- Urine AmylaseReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 400–6,700 nkat/dayLinked diagnostic testsUrine Amylase Excretion Rate
Often decreased
1Introduction / full article
Hyperlipidemia
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Selenium Supplement [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. IMPORTANT: Selenium is toxic in high doses. Massive overdoses can cause kidney failure, breathing difficulty and death. Selenium should only be taken at healthy levels which the body is able to tolerate.
Recommendation: No recommendation (Available evidene does not support claims that selenium helps to prevent or treat hyperlipidemia)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatments:
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10. http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/101/5/283
11. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000396.htm
12. http://www.healinglightseminars.com/listing/Hyperlipidemia.pdf
13. http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/diabetes/202338.html
14. http://healthy-ojas.com/cholesterol/cholesterol-details.html
15. http://img.thebody.com/legacyAssets/27/77/hyperlipidemia.pdf
16. http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/366/main.html
17. http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=~6jxGpYRK1ieFx
18. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hyperlipidemia
19. http://www.vascularweb.org/vascularhealth/Pages/Hyperlipidemia.aspx
20. http://healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/topics/hyperlipidemia.html
21. http://www.thewellproject.org/en_US/Diseases_and_Conditions/Treatment_Related_Conditions/Hyperlipidemia.jsp
22. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2192873