Blood Test and Hepatitis concern?

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Hepatitis and blood question please?
Hello, I found that I have Hep. B chronic. also exams result as: X-Ray (Pulmonory venous pressure and/or lung disease), CT (mosaic attenuation pattern) other CT (mosaic perfusion), Ultrasound (enlarged liver), blood hep. B and H. Pylori, Stress test (normal), EKG (normal)
Now: another blood test - alt 85 and ast 48 (what is that means in this situation?
My symptoms: upper abdominal chest pain (severe) with swollen on my lef side under the rib cage. Chest and back pain radiating toward lower back with some symptoms of cramp. Deep mid chest towards left pain and lack of breath (breating seems to be normal but with difficult) and tiredness.

DO YOU THING I HAVE ANY SERIOUS CONCERN LIKE: Cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, cancer. Please give me your opnion and knowledge. appreciate if you do not send me website. I just need your knowledge and opinion - thank you very much

Answer 1

The ALT and AST tests are liver enzymes. Your ALT is very high, and your AST is slightly elevated compared to norms. This means that liver cells were damaged at the time of the test. This does not mean anything one way or another about your liver's ability to function - it only means that something is stressing or killing some of the liver cells. The cause for the cell damage could be several things, depending on what your were doing up to the night before the test. If you were drinking more than a small amount of alcohol, or taking Tylenol or prescription medication that affects the liver, you would expect these two enzymes to be elevated.

The pains you are reporting are unlikely to have anything to do with the elevated liver enzymes - these levels commonly occur anytime a person takes Tylenol or has more than one or two drinks of alcohol. The pains could be caused by an enlarged liver or spleen, they could be from indigestion or other intestinal distress, or signs of coronary disease.

If I were you, I would take one half of an aspirin, and call 911 or have someone drive me to the ER right away to make sure these are not signs of a heart attack.

Answer 2

Did you get a titer scan?Then you might be immune for hepatitis A and no longer for B and C.By the way in which for B there's a complete of three vaccines over a quantity of months.Also you can also want a booster after a quantity of years.Talk in your MD.

Answer 3

Your ALT levels are very high. If I am not mistaken I think that the normal ALT levels are suppose to be around the teens. I would get treatment right away.

Answer 4

You need a liver biopsy to see how damaged your liver is from the hepatitis. That is still the best way to know just where you are with regard to your liver.