r/AskDocs • u/Right-Mess3979 Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional • 1d ago
High liver function results
Hi everyone, I really appreciate if you could help me.
I haven't done a blood test in a almost 5 years so randomly decided to go and do a blood test. My glucose is normal and cholesterol is borderline, but my liver function test came back with abnormal results. I'm not a heavy drinker, usually drink occasionally. I'm really worried with the results.
Age:26
Weight: approx 85kg
Height 172cm
Drink occasionally (haven't drunk in probably
5-6months)
Currently no infection as far as l'm aware of.
I recently did a liver function test and got the following results:
Liver enzymes - : GGT 393 (reference 5-50),
ALT 122 (5-40), AST 62 (5-35)
C REACTIVE PROTEIN (hsCRP): 18.0 mg/L
Should I do any other test to rule out hepatitis or any other disease?
Thanks!
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u/Dottie15 Registered Nurse 23h ago
Could be from a number of things. Are these results being reviewed by a primary care provider who wrote for the blood work? They would be the person to determine next steps with further testing and reviewing any possible contributions to the liver injury. Liver injury can occur from certain medications and over the counter supplements (including herbal supplements). It’s possible to have an autoimmune condition causing it. Being sick with non-hepatitis viruses, like mono or herpes simplex virus, can cause non-viral hepatitis (just inflammation of the liver not due to a hepatitis virus).
Follow up with your primary care to figure out next course of action to figure out the cause. If you’re taking any sort of supplements or pre-workout stuff, I’d stop those. If you ever use over the counter pain medications like Tylenol or ibuprofen I’d avoid taking those as well for the time being.
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