DEAR DR. GOTT: In a past column, a reader wrote about low cholesterol levels. The writer’s was 135. This has me concerned because my total cholesterol is 91 with an HDL of 51 and an LDL of 40. Should I discuss this with my doctor? If I should, why? Do I need to raise my cholesterol levels?
DEAR READER: My answer greatly depends on all the important information that you left out, such as age, gender, medical conditions and medications you are taking. If you know your cholesterol numbers, you had to have gotten them from a laboratory, which should have reported to your personal physician, so he or she probably already knows. [Read more...]
Low cholesterol concerns reader
February 10, 2010 By