1. Diet adjustment: improve lifestyle, reasonable diet, control total dietary calories and maintain normal weight. Taking waist circumference as the standard, women are generally ≥80cm and men ≥85cm. Patients should pay attention to a light diet and avoid greasy food such as fried chicken. If the patient is complicated with hypertension or heart failure, the salt content should be limited at the same time, and the salt intake should be < 5g/ day;

2. Exercise adjustment: Take part in sports that suit you according to specific conditions, such as jogging, playing table tennis, swimming and playing Tai Ji Chuan. The main principle is not to cause excessive heart burden;

3, drug treatment: if the total cholesterol caused by drugs is high, you need to find a doctor to adjust the medication. If the total cholesterol is still high after lifestyle changes, or patients with coronary heart disease should take lipid-lowering drugs at the same time. Statins are the main drugs to reduce total cholesterol, such as simvastatin, rosuvastatin and atorvastatin. Cholesterol absorption inhibitors, such as ezetimibe, can also be selected. If it is familial hypercholesterolemia, you can also choose PCSK9 inhibitors. And it is necessary to use drugs reasonably under the guidance of a doctor.

High total cholesterol will lead to atherosclerosis and increase the probability of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, when the patient's total cholesterol is high, it should be highly valued.