Homocysteine 22.3 Need to take medicine?

Homocysteine 22.3μmol/L Whether you need to take medicine should be judged according to the actual situation.

The normal value of homocysteine is 5-15μmol/L, and homocysteine 22.3μmol/L indicates that the index is high. If it is caused by eating foods with high cholesterol content such as pig heart, egg yolk, and sheep liver before testing, it is generally not necessary to take medicine.

If it is caused by H-type hypertension, you can temporarily not take medicine and improve your living habits in time, such as low-salt and high-vitamin diet, regular work and rest, moderate strengthening of exercise, etc. If the life intervention effect is not good, you need to take medicine, such as nifedipine, irbesartan, folic acid tablets, etc.