Does there have to be a reason for Elevated Liver Enzymes?

[CuriousKJO]

Someone please tell me if you know this!  

I recently had an elevated AST of 253 and AST of 117...I have to go back in one month to get them rechecked - in the meantime, my doctor gave me a Hepatitis panel and I was negative for Hepatitis...other than that, we are just 'waiting' for a month to see what the enzymes do next.  

Do your liver enzymes ever just go that far out of whack and then return to normal?  Is that what my doctor is hoping for?  That they will be normal next month and then it will be a 'case closed' situation.  

Do they ever go that far out of whack without anything being wrong?  

Other than a flu that I fear could be connected about a month back, I havent' had any sharp pains or symptoms of a problem.

Also, when I went into the doctors office, my leg muscles were pretty sore from picking weeds in my front yard!  

Is there a chance that this 'flu' or 'sore muscles' caused my test results to be misleading?  Or, that the lab messed up my results?

Does there have to be anything even remotely wrong with me because my enzymes were this high?

[Marys1358]

Have you heard anything yet about your results?Good Luck

Mary

[Marys1358]

CURIOS KJO,

I KNOW ITS BEEN JUST A MONTH BUT DID YOU HAVE MORE TEST AND WHAT WERE THE RESULTS.BECAUSE I'M IN THE SAME SITUATION AS YOU AND VERY NERVOUS OF MY DX'S.PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

SORRY ABOUT THE CAPITOL LETTERS TO TIRED TO WRITE OVER.Good Luck

Thanks,
Mary

[Ratnakar Kini]

Hi,
You have mentioned both as AST. I presume it should have read AST and ALT.
ALT is more specific for liver injury.
AST can raise in many conditions. Sore muscle can cause an increase in the level of AST.

If both AST and ALT are raised then the chance of having a liver problem is more.
AST and ALT levels of more than 3 times the upper limit of normal is considered abnormal and need complete evaluation.
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