Fatty liver disease may sometimes cause tiredness and pain on the right side of the abdomen, but it often causes no symptoms. A doctor may test someone with alcohol use disorder or metabolic syndrome for elevated liver enzymes to check for fatty liver disease. Learn about what to eat to help manage fatty liver disease here. Metabolic syndrome is a group of symptoms that increase the risk of heart disease.
These symptoms include:. Hepatitis is a virus that leads to liver inflammation. The symptoms of all of the strains are similar. Liver inflammation due to alcohol consumption is called alcoholic hepatitis. When drugs are the underlying cause, doctors call it toxic hepatitis. The symptoms of alcoholic and toxic hepatitis are similar to those of other strains of hepatitis.
If a person is experiencing symptoms of alcohol or drug use disorder, the doctor may check their liver enzyme levels and offer various forms of treatment and support. Cirrhosis is a type of liver damage.
A person with cirrhosis has permanent scarring of the liver, which can prevent it from working properly. Cirrhosis may eventually lead to liver failure. Cirrhosis symptoms include fatigue and skin itching. People are at risk of cirrhosis if they do not receive treatment for hepatitis or fatty liver disease. A blood test can show elevated liver enzymes. The blood test checks for raised levels of AST and ALT, which are enzymes that the liver releases when it becomes inflamed or damaged.
If a doctor finds that a person has raised AST or ALT levels, they are likely to carry out further tests to determine the underlying cause. The treatment for elevated liver enzymes will focus on managing the underlying condition causing the increased levels. The doctor may advise a person to make lifestyle changes to lose weight, such as:. Speaking with a nutritionist or even a personal trainer can help someone stay on track with their weight loss plan.
If a person has fatty liver disease due to alcohol consumption, the doctor will support them in reducing their alcohol intake. Treatments for hepatitis depend on whether it is acute or long term. A doctor may recommend the following treatments for acute hepatitis:. Consensus recommendations for managing asymptomatic persistent non-virus non-alcohol related elevation of aminotransferase levels: suggestions for diagnostic procedures and monitoring.
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Stephen Rashbaum, Dr. Long Nguyen, Dr. Nitin Parikh, Dr. Ruth Montalvo, Dr. Abnormal Liver Enzymes. With acute Hepatitis, AST levels usually stay high for about months but can take as long as months to return to normal.
Levels of AST may also be markedly elevated often over times normal as a result of exposure to drugs or other substances that are toxic to the liver as well as in conditions that cause decreased blood flow ischemia to the liver. AST often varies between normal and slightly increased with Chronic Hepatitis, so the test may be ordered frequently to determine the pattern. Such moderate increases may also be seen in other diseases of the liver, especially when the bile ducts are blocked, or with cirrhosis or certain cancers of the liver.
AST may also increase after heart attacks and with muscle injury, usually to a much greater degree than ALT. Causes The human liver contains thousands of enzymes, which are special types of protein cells that help necessary chemical reactions to take place.
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