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Hello, my name is Dr. Susan Jewell on behalf of Expert Village today; I'm going to talk
to you about cholesterol. And in this clip we are going to talk about screening and what
the medical profession would recommend to you in terms of your cholesterol level at
a certain number when you're going for a cholesterol test. Now it's recommended by the profession,
medical profession that men should get a screening when they're between the age of twenty to
thirty-nine years old every year annually a cholesterol screening and then after that
every five years. Now that's if you are healthy, relatively healthy with no cardiovascular
problems. Now for women who are healthy with no cardiovascular problems they recommend
at the age of forty to forty-nine years of age to get an annual screening for cholesterol
level and then if your numbers are okay within the normal range then they recommend every
five years. Now total cholesterol as I mentioned in an earlier clip is, is the definition is
LDL, which is the bad cholesterol plus HDL, which is the good cholesterol. The sum of
the two cholesterol categories and if it's less than two hundred then they say we test
every five years. So if LDL which is the bad cholesterol you are trying to keep down low
as possible in your system. If it is between one thirty and one fifty-nine, then you are
considered a borderline case. So at this point the doctor will recommend that you go on an
exercise regimen and also to change your diet, diet modification which means change your
diet eat more vegetables and fibers and keep the fatty intake to a minimum. However if
your LDL level is over one thirty and you already have cardiovascular disease or if
it is less than one sixty plus two risk factors. Then at this point the doctor would recommend
having drug therapy. So these are some of the criteria and some of the recommendations
for terms of screening for cholesterol level in the body.