| Re: Abnormal Liver Function Test
Hi KW, & mild to moderate elevations in liver enzymes are actually quite common. A lot of pharmaceuticals can cause this, as well as over the counter pain meds, environmental & workplace toxins, etc.
Doctors usually don't get too excited about this unless and until enzymes are double the upper limit over 2 or more tests done several months (typically 90 days) apart.
For perspective, viral hepatitis A can pop enzymes up into the thousands for a month or more, and these patients usually recover without permanent damage being done.
This said, you don't want to go on for extended periods of time with enzymes out of normal range, so this is something you'll want to follow-up on and get resolved.
If your enzymes aren't alarmingly high (over double the upper normal limit) time is on your side, & the next step is typically to re-test at 90 days and see if this has resolved. In the mean time, you might want to start looking at medications and other factors that might be causing this.
The "Livertox Database" has a search feature that might be helpful with this.
If enzymes are over double normal, a trip back to the doc for secondary diagnostics like ultrasound might be in order.
Hope you get to the bottom of this soon!
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Last edited by BillinSD; 05-04-2017 at 09:43 PM.
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