What does it mean to have a high level of liver enzymes?!
Question:
What does it mean to have a high level of liver enzymes?
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2 weeks ago
i don't have hepatitis, i am careful about dosings of tylonol and i don't take anything for cholesterol.
Answers:
Liver enyzmes are protein molecules normally contained within liver cells. When something happens to the liver cells to damage or kill them, they will rupture and their contents will spill out into the blood serum. So, an elevated level of liver enzymes is an indicator of ongoing liver damage.
The liver is a very important organ and has several functions, one of which is the filtration and detoxification of the blood. If the liver is exposed to some type of toxin/poison or any agent that can destroy liver cells, the liver enyzmes will become elevated.
One of the most common causes of elevated liver enzymes, other than viral hepatitis, is alcohol usage. High levels of uric acid would corroborate this diagnosis.
However, there are other toxins you could have been exposed to and your doctor should do a thorough evaluation. It's simply not possible for answerers to diagnose you.