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What Causes Elevated Liver Enzymes?
Everytime I get blood work done, my AST and ALT levels show they are rising. AST is now at 57 and ALT is at 80. My Dr also did several Hep tests all negative. Still this scares me. I do social drink which I will stop but beyond that what else can I do to remedy this? When do the levels become dangerously high?
Mon, 19 Oct 2015
Hello
Elevated liver enzymes like increased ALT and AST may indicate liver injury.It may be due to many reasons like hepatitis,alcohol intake,altered lipid profile,medicines,auto immune causes etc.
It may be due to alcohol intake in your case.
You may need few more investigations like routine hemogram,random blood sugar,lipid profile,ultrasound of abdomen.
I suggest tablet ursodeoxycholic acid 300 mg tablet twice daily for three months.It helps in regeneration of liver cells.
You may need to take few more medicines after investigations.
Get well soon.
Take Care
Dr.Indu Bhushan
Elevated liver enzymes like increased ALT and AST may indicate liver injury.It may be due to many reasons like hepatitis,alcohol intake,altered lipid profile,medicines,auto immune causes etc.
It may be due to alcohol intake in your case.
You may need few more investigations like routine hemogram,random blood sugar,lipid profile,ultrasound of abdomen.
I suggest tablet ursodeoxycholic acid 300 mg tablet twice daily for three months.It helps in regeneration of liver cells.
You may need to take few more medicines after investigations.
Get well soon.
Take Care
Dr.Indu Bhushan
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