Diseases that Cause Elevated Liver Enzymes in the Blood
The most common diseases causing abnormally elevated ALT and AST are acute viral hepatitis, such as hepatitis A or B, chronic viral hepatitis, such hepatitis B or C, cirrhosis of the liver (scarring of the liver due to long standing inflammation of the
liver),
liver damage from alcohol abuse or alcoholic fatty
liver, hemochromatosis (a genetic condition causing long standing liver damage due to iron build up in the liver), and diminished