Elevated liver enzymes
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Anonymous
| mild is OK, right? And your gallbladder is good... |
Anonymous
| Yes. Dr ordered MRI for lesion though. |
Anonymous
| Did your PCP order it? or the Gastro? Hopefully you MRI is OK, OP. I am getting ultrasound elastography soon for liver evaluation... |
Anonymous
NO. |
Anonymous
PCP |
Anonymous
| Hope the lesion is benign OP! Have NAFDL here, some sense related to gallstones, metabolic disorder type links. For people talking about the liver enzymes being elevated: while it is good to have them not elevated you can still have Fatty liver without elevated enzymes and vice versa. It’s unfortunately not very dispositive. An ultrasound can pick up fatty liver pretty easily and relatively inexpensively. Though to diagnose stage (ie level of inflammation process-NAFDL, NASH, cirrhosis etc) can involve a liver biopsy which has its one inherent risks so not often the course of action unless other risks apply. NAFDL is thought to be widely prevalent and often many people have it without knowing. Mine was found incidentally when treating gallstones. Just something to keep in mind. My Pubmed and other research (taking into account your own unique health circumstances) shows support for taking milk thistle, berberine (a root type herb similar to turmeric), coffee, limit alcohol, reduce/limit meds that may affect liver more-ie Tylenol, take lower dosage of meds and only titrate up as needed, hydrate, lose weight if applicable. Hope this helps and good luck! |
Anonymous
| Your PCP must be pretty competent, OP. Mine just send me to gastroenterologist was done with me. |
Anonymous
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Op here - the fact that she called me at 5:15 on a Friday night and told be not to worry (as she interpreted the results) speaks volumes about her.
I was very happy to see gallbladder and pancreas being ok. My two sisters have struggled in those areas and are both diabetic now. One duster almost died two years ago from pancreatitis. I hope the mri is next week. |
Anonymous
Sister not duster. Also, we’re all normal weight. |