{"id":15,"date":"2017-03-22T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T10:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/health-promotion\/hypercholesterolaemia\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","slug":"hypercholesterolaemia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/others\/health-promotion\/hypercholesterolaemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypercholesterolaemia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Data gathering<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; chest pain, sob<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; diet, exercise, smoking<\/li>\n<li>Examine &#8211; BP, CV, BMI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Clinical management<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigations\n<ul>\n<li>Bloods &#8211; fasting cholesterol, HbA1c, LFTs, U+E, TFTs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Explanation\n<ul>\n<li>High cholesterol leads to fatty plaques in your blood vessels which in turn lead to higher risk of heart disease, strokes etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>Lifestyle: diet, alcohol, smoking, weight and exercise &#8211; 30 mins moderate intensity for 5 days (get a sweat\/heart racing)<\/li>\n<li>Medication &#8211; atorvastatin 20mg ON (if qrisk &gt;10%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow-up &#8211; repeat LFTs in 3 months then yearly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data gathering Red flags &#8211; chest pain, sob Others &#8211; diet, exercise, smoking Examine &#8211; BP, CV, BMI &nbsp; Clinical management Investigations Bloods &#8211; fasting cholesterol, HbA1c, LFTs, U+E, TFTs Explanation High cholesterol leads to fatty plaques in your blood vessels which in turn lead to higher risk of heart disease, strokes etc Treatment Lifestyle: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/others\/health-promotion\/hypercholesterolaemia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hypercholesterolaemia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1823,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1823"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}