Posted by Dinah on April 25, 2006, at 19:12:09
I've always had it, even when I was young and healthy. I know it means a swollen liver with dying liver cells and that those are substances in the liver cells that get released when liver cells die.
But how high do they have to get before you get alarmed? My AST was 46 which isn't out of line for me normally. But my ALT was 88, which is high even for me.
They did tests for Hepatitis, and they were negative. I think they said I have a fatty liver. I got a Hep B I think it was, vaccination lately. Could that cause the 88?
I've always been protective of my liver, and warn doctors when I get drugs that affect the liver that I have always had bad AST and ALT results and that they always thought my dad had cirrhosis or hepatitis and he didn't. Well, eventually he did. But not back when they did all the tests. Should I not worry about it so much?
I know I should ask my doctor. And I have. But doctors really don't tell you all that much.
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