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Do Elevated Liver Enzymes Cause Adverse Side Effects?

I don’t have my numbers handy, but I recently went in for a routine check up and had blood work done. Getting the results back showed that I had elevated ALT and AST levels (a moderate amount). My GGT and Bilirubin was normal. My Creatine Kinase levels was off the charts (2741) but after a week, I was retested and my Creatine level returned to normal and they said the high number was due most likely to strenuous exercise. I have terrible anxiety over health related issues so now I’m reading so many things that are terrible that are connected to elevated AST and ALT levels. Should I be super worried about this?
Sat, 23 Jun 2018
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Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

In your case some may be more possible but in every case it requires evaluation of the cause. Most common causes of such liver derangement's are Alcohol, Viral hepatitis, Non alcoholic fatty liver disease, Drugs.
Gamma GT is most commonly raised due to alcohol intake and in case you take alcohol, you need to keep a control over it.
If you don't take it, you need following tests: hepatitis virus markers, Ultrasound Abdomen and HIDA scan. A lot many times, the liver dysfunction is due to Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). So, if you have any evidence of fatty liver in Ultrasound and your other tests are negative, this rise is liver enzyme would be attributed to NAFLD. For this you need to reduce your weight, reduce fat in diet.
This is my personal opinion based on details available here. If you still have any other query, you may please ask me.
Stay Healthy. Hope this helps and provides answers to your question.

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Do Elevated Liver Enzymes Cause Adverse Side Effects?

Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. In your case some may be more possible but in every case it requires evaluation of the cause. Most common causes of such liver derangement s are Alcohol, Viral hepatitis, Non alcoholic fatty liver disease, Drugs. Gamma GT is most commonly raised due to alcohol intake and in case you take alcohol, you need to keep a control over it. If you don t take it, you need following tests: hepatitis virus markers, Ultrasound Abdomen and HIDA scan. A lot many times, the liver dysfunction is due to Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). So, if you have any evidence of fatty liver in Ultrasound and your other tests are negative, this rise is liver enzyme would be attributed to NAFLD. For this you need to reduce your weight, reduce fat in diet. This is my personal opinion based on details available here. If you still have any other query, you may please ask me. Stay Healthy. Hope this helps and provides answers to your question. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.