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What Causes Elevated AST And ALT Levels?

Our 17 year old had some routine labs drawn and has elevations in his RBC, Hgb, auto monocyte, eosinophil Count Abs, AST/SGOT (137), elevated total protein, albumin and globulin (3.7). I am nurse of 20 years and am curious about CA or kidney disease. I have an appt with his PCP in the am. thanks Wendy RN MSN
posted on Thu, 13 Nov 2014
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
He has high AST & ALT. They are liver enzymes and their levels increase in liver damage. It can be due to viral infection, alcohol, drugs or toxin. Don't worry about high rbc count or protein. He doesn't have any cancer or kidney disease. He should go for ultra sound abdomen and complete liver function test. Then he should take treatment accordingly.
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What Causes Elevated AST And ALT Levels?

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. He has high AST & ALT. They are liver enzymes and their levels increase in liver damage. It can be due to viral infection, alcohol, drugs or toxin. Don t worry about high rbc count or protein. He doesn t have any cancer or kidney disease. He should go for ultra sound abdomen and complete liver function test. Then he should take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have any doubts then contact me at bit.ly/Drsanghvihardik, I will be happy to answer you. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.