Alcohol abuse liver enzymes
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Our daughter was forced to have unsupervised custody last week where she informed us that he was vomiting all evening. I have researched symptoms of alcohol and Tylenol abuse and found possible signs of liver damage. For the concern of my daughter, we are extremely scared on what he is capable of when she see's him. We are hoping anyone who has experience on this could offer us advise.
t know what you mean you don’t “abuse alcohol like that” you don’t have to be an alcoholic living on the street to have liver damage from alcohol. Some people have trouble with alcohol liver damage with less alcohol then others especially when combined with other health problems.
American Dietary Guidelines recommend limiting your alcohol intake to one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men.
congestive heart failure , cholestasis (congestion of the bile ducts) , cirrhosis, hepatitis , liver ischemia (blood flow deficiency), liver necrosis, liver tumor, high alcohol intake, use of hepatotoxic drugs (drugs toxic to liver).
So, since the ALT rise is higher than that of AST and GGT is high, the cause is probably in liver. Since liver is enlarged and you have acid reflux and diarrhea, bile duct obstruction and cirrhosis (does ultrasound mention this?) will have to be ruled out.
The enzymes spill into the blood when the liver cells are damaged. The enzymes will revert back to normal range, if the insult to the liver is controlled. So, avoid alcohol and take the medications prescribed by your doctor. And recheck the values after 4 weeks.
Was GGT done? Normal value for Glutamyl Ttansferase (GGT) is 8-38. GGT can be used to screen for chronic alcohol abuse (it will be elevated in about 75% of chronic drinkers).
I have liver enzymes coming back at 240...no one can figure out WHY? they started out at 167 in august 2010 as of November 2010 they are now 240...has mri's, ct scans, hida scan, ultrasounds, liver biopsy, all sorts of blood tests...WHAT COULD BE wrong that my doctors are missing? PLEASE help i am very desperate at this point!!!!
You have your diagnosis and is nothing more right now than a fatty liver but to continue alcohol abuse will guarantee you to move on to fibrosis. Your liver function is fine, AST/ALT are well with-in range. Your kidney function is also excellent. Nothing abnormal about the amount of liver cells dying off either.
I am curious what the lab result were that prompted the ultra sound.
Possibly. It seems that liver damage is possible with amphetamine use, and alcohol would have made it worse. What really matters at this point is how you will take care of your liver from now on, and how you'll treat this condition, if it needs medical treatment. You can always ask your doctor what he/she thinks about it. They're not there to judge, and if you haven't told them, you need to so they can give you the best care possible.
ALT and AST are referred to as liver enzymes. An elevation in these enzymes usually suggests a problem with the liver. I don't believe that your numbers are so high that they suggest any immediate danger so I would not panic if I were you. But they are elevated and you should seek expert medical advice. Probably the most common cause of an elevation like yours is fatty liver disease. If that turns out to be the case you may be advised to modify your diet and institute an exercise plan.
Most liver diseases are characterized by greater ALT elevations than AST elevations except cirrohsis and alcohol abuse. So alcohol abuse is ruled out in your case.
Raised alkaline phosphatase is often found in a growing child and at puberty. There are several bone disorders too that can raise this enzyme like rickets, osteomalacia, Paget’s disease of the bone, tumors, metastasis and recent fracture.
In your case only alkaline phosphate is raised really high.
I have no obvious symptoms of liver damage. I have had my liver enzymes tested twice, once during the heavy drinking and once after I stopped the alcohol abuse. Both tests were normal. My doctor brushes off my concerns of cirrhosis. However, knowing that cirrhosis is typically a silent disease until it has progressed enough to present symptoms, I am not comforted by my doctor's assessment.
In addition, I noticed during my bout of drinking, about 1.
s 2 drinks/day for a guy), you might just be OK (assuming the alcohol is the cause - other diseases and conditions can also cause elevated liver enzymes). If you have a hard time sticking to those guidelines, it might be that you have an alcohol problem and there are many resources to help you with that. If you want to see something I wish I would have seen when I was your age as it relates to alcohol, find the BBC documentary "Rain in my Heart" on youtube.
tylenol causes toxic metabolites in large amounts which damages the liver whereas in much smaller amounts the liver is able to compensate. It could be NASH--the only way of knowing would be a liver biopsy. I think you will be fine.
Abnormally low or high amounts can signify bile duct obstruction, bone disease and alcohol abuse to name a few. As a general rule of thumb, the higher the elevation of GGT that is present, the more indication that there may be liver damage.
Ultrasound is not used to measure the status of your liver's health so you shouldn't be fooled into thinking it can determine the degree or cause of your liver disease. You need a biopsy to know the status of your liver disease.
I have an alcoholic friend. She has gotten very thin and doesn't look well. She has agreed to go see my doctor but WILL NOT admit to her drinking problem. If the doctor does a full physical, will blood tests bring out evidence of alcohol abuse?
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Elevated liver enzymes indicate inflammation or damage to cells in your liver.
As Lynn said, many factors can cause elevated liver enzymes. Including medications.Elevated liver enzymes means, that liver cells,are being damaged by something, could be a virus( Hepatitis), alcohol,or medications,or autoimmune ( Your own body attacks them). In your case,being overweight, certainly doesn't help, but I doubt it is something serious to do with your liver ( IM NOT A DOCTOR,JUST MY OPINION).
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