My ALT level in my liver test is going up.It's 120 u/l now. What shoul I do?

Question

My ALT level in my liver test is going up.It was 100u/l 3 days ago and It's 120 u/l now. What shoul I do?Am I in real truble?What is next?.I don't drink or smoke.I'm 75 kgs .Please reply only if you know anything about it.Thank you

Answer 1

thats pretty high. what is the ast? you need to make an appt with your doctor because you may be one a medication that is affection your liver. If you aren't, you will need to see a gi doctor.

Answer 2

ALT is an enzyme that is released from liver cells when they are inflammed. There are lots of reasons why yours may be rising, and really you should definitely see your doctor who can often by taking a history from you and examining you explain what the most likely possible causes are.
Alcohol is a common cause, but you say you don't drink. If it is alcohol induced, then another enzyme GGT is also elevated most often.
Other common causes include taking a new medication. For example some people are sensitive to drugs like Ibuprofen etc. Another common drug that can cause abnormal liver tests are cholesterol lowering drugs called statins.
There are certain viruses that can cause inflammation of the liver and these include Hepatitis A to E. Depending on recent exposures (some are spread by sexual contact or sharing dirty needles etc others by contaminated food stuffs) you may or may not think you may have contracted these infections and your doctor can test you for them.
Rarer conditions include an immune problem, or a problem with the way handles iron or copper. These are much rarer though.
Your Doctor will probably want to test you for some of these conditions and will often order an ultrasound scan of the liver to look at it more closely.
Obviously it isn't great for you to have an inflammed liver, but the ALT itself doesn't provide any information on the FUNCTION of the liver, and it may be your liver is working perfectly well, and once whatever is causing the inflammation is cleared, you will return to normal. I have seen cases of ALT in the thousands and some people make a complete recovery. You should have it checked out by your doctor though.

Answer 3

Hi. You don't say why you are having such regular blood tests, but I assume that they are being done for some medical reason? If so, then your next port of call is the doctor that has asked for the tests. You need to be asking what the tests are for and why, what the results mean, and what that might mean to you in the future. (In respect of treatment). Your doctor is the one with the answers in your situation, and it would be irresponsible for people to guess on this.

Answer 4

Go to the doctor.