My mom's total cholesterol - 315

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She doesn't have the breakdown as to what her DHL is or her

triglyceride, but her total seems really high to me. (She hadn't

been to a doctor in something like over 20 years and because she had

a stomach flu and everyone was worried, she decided to go to a

doctor just to ease everyone's mind, I guess. The doctor prescribed

something to aid her digestion only but he decided to run a basic

panel to make sure that nothing was out of wack since he had no

history with her. (According to my mom, the doctor told her

everything else looked pretty normal except her blood sugar was

slighly elevated and her white blood count was high, but I think

these probably attribute to her being ill with a stomach virus.)

She is 76 and she doesn't eat a lot of unhealthy food (processed) to

start with. She eats a fairly healthy diet. (She is Japanese, living

in Japan.)

Is this something I should be concerned about? I am asking her to go

get a more detailed cholesterol test, but she is not willing.

I know high cholesterol is not supposed to mean much, but I wonder

at what degree it starts to matter.

Any comments greatly appreciated.

Ami