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Hi
I am Naveena from Nov Board,U must not be visiting that board so wanted to ask u aquick Question
I had a baby Girl in October,I was a normal Delivery WIth epidural,After teh delivery I have been getting Numbness on my back and just from few weeks pain in my fingers too,I am Overweight too and recently i had been to the Doc for this she asked me to do Sugar,Thyroid and cholestrol tests
MY cholestrol levels are high
228-Cholestrol level
278-triglycerides
she has told me to avoid starchy foods,and exercise
Now the actual qestion is numbness ,she has asked me to take theXray and i will take it soon
I know u are expertise in Ob/gyn but still can u
shed some light on this problem
Inspite of ur busy work schedule u take time to answer so many question On Ip.
I have been searching on google but could definit answers,any way i will update u after the Xray
Thanks a lot
Luv to advait(he must be 10 months now right!!)Naveena
archie replied. Dear Naveena,

Thanks for message and sure this is out of my expertise but may be I could help you in this regard as well.

You are definitely seems to have Triglyceridmea if
the test was done while you were fasting. Means early in the morning and the meal was only taken night before you slept. Also you did not take any milk in tea if at all you had breakfast.

Also total cholesterol is high but what is necessary to know is the ratio between hdl and ldl. If your HDL level is above 36 then probably you are having too little high amount sof LDL and that's the bad cholesterol. increase in LDL would lower the HDL/LDL ratio and if the ratio is below 5.2 then it's bad as well.

Am I only giving you bad news? What about helping you while coping up with the condition?

I would like to know is what is your HOMOCYSTEINE levels? If that's in limit then all you need is to try and eat some FISH OIL pills, omega3 fatty acids pill. You can get them in drugs store, overt the counter and are of great help to reduce triglycerides. If the increased LDL In your case are due to increased Triglycerides then by eating fish oil pills will control triglycerides and automatically will bring down the cholestrol and also improve the ratio.

At the same time avoid, any thing that contains fat. Do not use complete milk. I know you are a vegetarian and I don't need to make recommendation to stop eating egg yolks but still do not eat cheese that is complete also no paneer.

Try to eat fish oil pills with controlled diet for about 8 weeks and have your blood work repeated and let me know your updates.

Kisses for your daughter. Hope her head is great now and you are enjoying with her.

Take care.
Archie