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mimmi Posts: 223
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I have high triglycerides. I am not sure which was causing it a year or so ago, but they were sky high, over 400. Now at 170, and have been as low as 123 in th epast year, after losing weight, changing my lifestyle, etc... I have fibrosis, grade 2/3, not to grade 4, which would be cirrhosis. I had bad inflammation at diagnosis, and that is presumably gone, since my liver enzymes are now low(normal). So, I am not sure which comes when, the liver stress and damage, or the liver causuing the elevation. For me it was all related ot obesity, diabetes, some drinking, lack of exercise. So, all of these things were hurting my liver, and all of these things are often concurrent with high triglycerides, and high cholesterol. The liver is very responsible for lipid metabolism, so it will affect these numbers and the other way around. The thing to ask might be if there is any safe way to try to get it down at all? Exercise, diet changes, but you would need to discuss that with youe liver specialist. mimmi Post edited by: mimmi, at: 12/15/2011 09:09 AM |
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