Elevated liver enzymes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got the news from dr last week.
Female, age 56, fit.
Probably have 2 drinks a day. Is that enough to cause the levels to do this?
I am not drinking for three months and then test levels again.
Anyone else? Or what else would cause this?

Alcohol causes fatty liver disease, but you can get the same disease from metabolic syndrome and eating tons of fructose (corn syrup and fruits).

[Anonymous]

I did stop alcohol. We'll see where I'm at in a couple months. I stopped July 5, when I received diagnosis.
it's interesting about the strenuous exercise though. I teach a sculpt hot yoga class that pretty much taxes me.

[Anonymous]

Liver enzymes can go all over the place for many reasons. I took a Z-pack and my enzymes went to 4x the highest end of the normal range and 10x higher than they'd been just 5 months earlier on routine bloodwork. I had a meltdown because I was about to start chemo for stage 1 breast cancer and was convinced I had undetected liver mets. The doctor told me to wait and we'd retest and 3 weeks later they dropped back to normal. You can't diagnose anything based on just one finding of elevated liver enzymes. You'd need repeated elevated results and probably imaging.

[Anonymous]

A friend had super-elevated liver enzymes and it turned out to be gall stones. But she was having other symptoms as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fatty love, more than one drink a day, or a virus. [/quote

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I must have fatty love daily, liver be damned.

[Anonymous]

Two big glasses of wine a daily is too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two big glasses of wine a daily is too much.

No it is not. Double that would be fine.

If it were me, I would not change anything and test again and see what it is. If still there then cut booze only and see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two big glasses of wine a daily is too much.

No it is not. Double that would be fine.

If it were me, I would not change anything and test again and see what it is. If still there then cut booze only and see.

What you are saying is dangerous.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/two-glasses-of-wine-for-women-is-one-too-many/

Even two alcoholic drinks every night is too much for women.

Moderate drinking is defined as one alcoholic drink (12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of liquor) a day for women and two for men.

Drinking heavily on a regular basis can cause liver damage (cirrhosis) and cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. But even light drinking has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.


https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28735-5

Moderate consumption of alcohol – one drink a day for women and up to two for men – is associated with a reduction in brain volume, a new study suggests. And the more you drink, the more your brain may shrink.

Your brain naturally shrinks as you age. But alcohol intake could lead to an accelerated decline in the size of the brain and a faster decline in memory, decision-making and other brain functions

[Anonymous]

I’m 53 and also just got similar test results. I just retested after a week of not drinking (well, I cheated a little) and the retest came back normal. I drink a lot - probably a bottle of wine every couple of days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two big glasses of wine a daily is too much.

OP here - ok but I don't do this.

[Anonymous]

I had just finished a course of Paxlovid because of Covid. Would that do it?
At any rate, not drinking at all to see what happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had just finished a course of Paxlovid because of Covid. Would that do it?
At any rate, not drinking at all to see what happens.

COVID itself does it and I’ll bet almost anything that is what it is. You won’t know in 3 months because you are going to draw the conclusion that it was caused by alcohol intake.

[Anonymous]

How high?

[Anonymous]

seems like it was 150

[Anonymous]

I had them and it turned out it was Mono.