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Suggest Treatment For Abnormal ALT And SGPT Levels

I had a series of blood tests and the only out of range was ALT/SGPT: 91 U/L the normal value reported by the lab is 0-53 U/L. I repeated the test after 2 weeks and the result was 89 U/L. Is that an alarming value? does it indicate that my liver is damaged? The AST/SGOT in the first test was 35 U/L and in the second was 34/U/L. I am 32 healthy man 6.01 187lb I don t smoke or drink, I do a lot of sports I eat healthy, not so much meat.. I take vitamin and mineral supplements. I would like to understand what can cause this abnormal value. Is it as high as hep virus infected livers? Can stress, fatigue allergies also increase it? Thank you
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Dear welcome to HCM and thanks for choosing us.

I understand your concerns. Firstly, I would say you should be cautious but don't worry too much. You have most probably got hepatitis, which is inflammation of liver cells. In the beginning it is reversible.

However I would like to know following
your general health like weight, blood pressure, age

I would advise following to heal your liver
1 healthy and balanced diet
2. less animal proteins for 3 weeks and then continue as per your habit

To know about possible disease in future you need to do following
1 liver function test at least once in three months till you get normal reports. Then you can do once in six months
2 immediately report to your doctor if you get pain in abdomen, fullness in abdomen, yellowish urine, yellowish skin, extreme fatigue.

I hope my reply will help you. Please write to us or me for more questions. I wish you good health. Kindly rate this reply. Thanks
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Suggest Treatment For Abnormal ALT And SGPT Levels

Dear welcome to HCM and thanks for choosing us. I understand your concerns. Firstly, I would say you should be cautious but don t worry too much. You have most probably got hepatitis, which is inflammation of liver cells. In the beginning it is reversible. However I would like to know following your general health like weight, blood pressure, age I would advise following to heal your liver 1 healthy and balanced diet 2. less animal proteins for 3 weeks and then continue as per your habit To know about possible disease in future you need to do following 1 liver function test at least once in three months till you get normal reports. Then you can do once in six months 2 immediately report to your doctor if you get pain in abdomen, fullness in abdomen, yellowish urine, yellowish skin, extreme fatigue. I hope my reply will help you. Please write to us or me for more questions. I wish you good health. Kindly rate this reply. Thanks