Living with elevated Lp(a) - a personal story
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- In this short film, FH Europe ambassador, John-Paul, explains his journey to diagnosis with elevated Lipoprotein(a) - or Lp(a) for short - and the value of knowing your status to seek appropriate support and treatment to lower your risk of cardiovascular complications
This is amazing and thank you for sharing. I am currently in a Lipids class at my college where we are discussing topics such as Lipoprotein (a). Increasing awareness may be slow, but it is happening :)
Hi I'm 61 years old and have elevated Lp(a). It was 403mg/l in 2012 and 400mg/l last summer. I had a scan and feared a dead sentence. However the outcome was quite positive. I have very litle to no plaque. Only 3% at my age have less plaque I was told. My cardio age was judged to 34-39 years! I'm quite healthy and my triglyceride have been low the few times measured, which should hint I'm metabolic healthy. Maybe that's what matters? Not the level of cholesterol or Lp(a)? I will not take any drug to reduce my Lp(a)
Good to hear your story sir. 30 years old male. 100 mg/DL lipoprotein A.
Gunnar, thank you for your post. Today Mar 3, 2023 I got my Lp(a) result: 218 nmol/L which is HIGH. I'm 71 and my triglyceride also low. I'm not taking anything to reduce my cholesterol or Lp(a) either. I don't think it's as serious as Big Pharma says .. . . they just want to make more drugs! cheers
@@sniztecham 38 and have 77 mg/dl, have you done any cardiac CT scans? I have done a one and it shows 3 minimal plaques
@@abdulghanialmasri5550 ohhh, haven't done yet. What is your average LDL with out medication?
What treatment options they said after 3 minimal plaques?
@@sniztech My total LDL was 167 mg/dl before i started medication, after medication it is 89 mg/dl, i take rosuvastatin 10 mg. I dont suffer any symptoms at all, i just visited the doctor and i told him i want to do a cardiac CT scan because my father passed a way when he was 43 because of a heart attack and I am now 38, although i dont have any complaint at all, i insisted on doing a CT scan, because it it the most accurate test after cath lab, it shows if there is a plaque and whether the plaque has calcium or not. In the next visit to my doctor, i will discuss using niacin for LP(a), as there is no real medication for it yet.
Mine is over 600. Zero calcium build up and no found blockages. My total cholesterol is 375. I'm 53. Ladies, do your research. It's not as bad for us as it is for men. I do watch it closely and don't take anything for granted, but I'm not super quick to drastically lower it either.
Did you do ct angiogram
Hi
Hi
Randox in Ireland test for this in their wellness checks
Tipp: do a LP-PLA2 Bloodtest, then you know your real risk.
Hi
I have a level of 1025, which scares me. I'm 36 and I've been told I cannot have a scan on my heart or arteries to check it's okay. Even the risk factoring (Q score I think its' called) doesn't take LP(a) levels into account. Is there anything I can do about this? Obviously I am working on keeping all other risk factors as low as possible.
lower your ldl c to 55mg
take aspirins to negate the thrombotic effect
pcsk9i could help
try to reduce inflammation
we probably will have a breakthrough in 2025
hopefully there'll be a treatment then
oh
apheresis also works and reduces it significantly
if you can afford apheresis, go for it
Niacin reduces Lp(a)
Mine is higher than 2200 g/l
So how did you lower it??
Try Cyruta by Standard Process. Keep your arteries smooth and clean. Cut out sugar. th-cam.com/video/qhtRiwnjcS4/w-d-xo.html
My doctor told me you can’t lower it. It’s genetic. There are no medications for it.
My doctor told me you can’t lower it. It’s genetic. There are no medications for it.
I’m 94mg/dl 47 year old male. Is this bad?
Hi
Shouild be under 75 nmol/l....you can do the conversion math. But you're probably 50 points too high.
@@billblaylock3712 how to lower? Thank you