Q: Should elevated liver enzymes always be treated. -- O.B., New Brunswick, N.J. A: The quick answer is no. But there are times when elevated liver enzymes mean that something is very wrong and action ...

Your liver is working overtime right now, processing everything from your morning coffee to last night’s dinner, but it might be sending you desperate distress signals that you’re completely missing.

After all other potential causes have been ruled out, I attribute elevated liver enzymes (aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase) to a fatty liver. This, of course, is usually noted ...

High levels of liver enzymes can suggest liver inflammation or disease. Liver enzyme tests can help diagnose issues like hepatitis, cirrhosis, and heart disease. Factors like alcohol use and physical ...

Elevated liver enzymes -- which refer to an increase in alanine transferase, or ALT, and aspartate transferase (AST) -- aren't an uncommon cause of pediatric gastroenterology referrals. Here's a look ...

What Happens When Your Liver Enzymes Are Too High? originally appeared on Parade. When it comes to most body parts, if there’s a problem, you know it. If a bone breaks, you feel it. If your gut ...

Transaminitis, or hypertransaminasemia, refers to unusually high levels of a family of enzymes called transaminases. Possible causes include non-alcohol-related fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and alcohol ...

How should I manage a 62-year-old Hispanic man who has hyperlipidemia and abnormal liver enzymes? The patient’s most recent lab studies showed total cholesterol 326 mg/dL, LDL 233 mg/dL, triglycerides ...

There are some data missing from your question. Does your patient have other clinical signs or symptoms of CMV disease (ie, fever, leukopenia, general malaise, etc.)? In the setting of clinical signs ...

Wilson disease is a rare autosomal recessive condition that affects between 1/30,000 and 1/100,000 individuals. Kinnear Wilson first described the disorder as hepatolenticular degeneration in 1912. In ...