Elevated liver enzymes

[Anonymous]

My 20 year old’s were elevated. Covid.

[Anonymous]

I had this and was told any kind of virus can cause your liver enzymes to elevate, did you mention that you had covid recently? that is far more likely to be the cause than anything else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:booze x 100%

Definitely. Could also be fatty liver.

Are you overweight, op? Excess weight/poor diet can cause fatty liver. If you have are normal weight and have an otherwise healthy lifestyle, fatty liver caused by alcohol can be reversed in a matter of weeks. Good luck on your tests then!

Fatty liver is helped considerably by black coffee.

[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?

I have this too and I don't drink at all. Slightly overweight though. Taking milk Thistle supplement. Also, had elevated iron but, now have started giving blood which I hope will lower it. Working on weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had this and was told any kind of virus can cause your liver enzymes to elevate, did you mention that you had covid recently? that is far more likely to be the cause than anything else.

yes, she was the doctor who diagnosed me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:booze x 100%

Definitely. Could also be fatty liver.

Are you overweight, op? Excess weight/poor diet can cause fatty liver. If you have are normal weight and have an otherwise healthy lifestyle, fatty liver caused by alcohol can be reversed in a matter of weeks. Good luck on your tests then!

Fatty liver is helped considerably by black coffee.

I drink two cups of black coffee every morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:seems like it was 150

There are two, AST and ALT. 150 is not that high

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:seems like it was 150

There are two, AST and ALT. 150 is not that high

There are four. The other two are alkaline phosphatase and GGT.

[Anonymous]

They said typical was 40

[Anonymous]

Gosh, I am 52 and got my liver enzymes results back couple of weeks ago, elevated first time ever in my life, never a single drink, healthy eater. Was sent for ultrasound, and was horrified by results, enlarged liver and mildly changed echogenicity, implied fatty liver, pending more tests. I did eat tons of fruits during pandemic and was mostly sedentary, but I am not severely overweight and thought liver was my strong side. I do not eat burgers, or chips or any commercial bakery stuff. I do have gall stones but they do not give me any symptoms, normally. I was told to cut carbs a lot (I do eat lots of whole grains/veggies) and lose weight but with gall stones I have to go carefully. I can not imagine what could have happened to me during pandemic that could cause this.

[Anonymous]

PP who takes milk thistle, did your doc say it was Ok? I am just taking dandelion root tea but kind of scared of milk thistle. Is that also a tea? Did you get ultrasound?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP who takes milk thistle, did your doc say it was Ok? I am just taking dandelion root tea but kind of scared of milk thistle. Is that also a tea? Did you get ultrasound?

Hi! Yes my doctor recommended the milk thistle. I take two capsules a day but, it has only been a month. I had an ultrasound last year but, not this time. I was going to be on it for a month more than re-check it. They said my liver was functioning but, it is worrisome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gosh, I am 52 and got my liver enzymes results back couple of weeks ago, elevated first time ever in my life, never a single drink, healthy eater. Was sent for ultrasound, and was horrified by results, enlarged liver and mildly changed echogenicity, implied fatty liver, pending more tests. I did eat tons of fruits during pandemic and was mostly sedentary, but I am not severely overweight and thought liver was my strong side. I do not eat burgers, or chips or any commercial bakery stuff. I do have gall stones but they do not give me any symptoms, normally. I was told to cut carbs a lot (I do eat lots of whole grains/veggies) and lose weight but with gall stones I have to go carefully. I can not imagine what could have happened to me during pandemic that could cause this.

the heck? Why is this happening to so many people?
I am OP - no gallstones, not overweight.

[Anonymous]

PP here who ate too much fruit during past two years. I did some reading and a lot of it implies that eating too much fruit is actually bad since it is too much fructose for the liver to take on, and it makes it into the fat cells. Why on Earth then we are told to eat tons of fruit, if fructose is bad? I took to eating grapes by pound during pandemic, but I thought since they were red/organic, they were good for me. And now fatty liver and there is no cure. If enzymes don,t go down, that means inflammation, then fibrosis, then chirrosis. I watched all those videos on Youtube and I guess I am panicking, but honestly fatty liver was one thing I thought I would not get.

[Anonymous]

My friend had this and has a bile duct illness called cholangitis. He takes meds and is generally fine.