If your doctor has not yet done a test for diabetes he may want to do so. Sometimes high triglycerides can signal a problem with the way your body handles the sugar it takes in. The consumption of alcohol up to 72 hours before having your blood drawn can cause an abnormal triglyceride reading. Also, alcohol should not be mixed with niacin. Many people with high triglycerides have underlying diseases or genetic disorders.
Therapy involves a change of lifestyle.
This means weight control, a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, regular exercise, no smoking and, in some cases, less alcohol. You do not mention what your good, or HDL, cholesterol is. Exercising will raise your good cholesterol, which in turn can help lower your total cholesterol. 882-7000 to make an appointment with a University of Missouri Health Sciences Center physician. When her symptoms were worst, her ejection fraction was 19 percent and her heart rate was 130.