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Diabetologist - Answered on Apr 24, 2023

Dr Rahul Baxi is an honorary consultant diabetologist at the Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai.
He specialises in the management of diabetes, diabetes prevention, diagnosis, management and remission. He consults patients in Mumbai and online via video and telephonic calls.
Dr Baxi has a master’s degree in general medicine from Nagpur University and a diploma in medicine from the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He has a post-doctoral fellowship in diabetes from CMC, Vellore, and has completed his MBBS from the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik.... more
Asked by Anonymous - Apr 21, 2023Hindi
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Hi. I'm 64 yrs young, an insurance agent by profession. my fasting sugar is 117.36 and PP is 164.22. Report is dated 20 Apr 2023. Blood pressure reading is 139/83. My LDL cholestrol level is 161.35. CHOL/HDL CHOL RATIO is 4.97.All above report dated 20 April 2023. I'm taking Amlip-5 one tablet a day. Yesterday my physician who is BAMS suggested Arjunarisht kadha 20 ML-2 times a day. I do exercise on OPen gym equipments and walk about 2kms a day. I'm non-smoker. My weight is 94.5 KG. Please guide.

Ans: LDL a cholesterol is high and you may benefit with treatment, apart from diet and exercise. HbA1c test needs to be done. I won’t be able to comment on Ayurvedic medicine as I have no experience of using it, it’s side effects etc. If your BMI is high, you will benefit with weight loss too.
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