Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 GGT is not a good marker for PSC or for cholestasis (blocked bile ducts). It is a general marker for liver inflammation and stays elevated for a long time after the inflammation has reduced. It sounds like has had his blocked ducts " cleaned out " a bit with this ERCP as his ALT, AST and bilirubin have come down. I think it will just take longer for the GGT to respond in a similar fashion. I would suggest that this isn't a test he needs to have done regularly as it doesn't correlate well with PSC and just manages to make you more upset. If they continue to do it, I would ignore the result and only consider the other three test results (ALT, AST and bilirubin). I'm glad to hear he survived his latest ERCP with no additional injuries. Aubrey, MD PSC '81, UC '90, LTX '98, Recurrence '05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 GGT is not a good marker for PSC or for cholestasis (blocked bile ducts). It is a general marker for liver inflammation and stays elevated for a long time after the inflammation has reduced. It sounds like has had his blocked ducts " cleaned out " a bit with this ERCP as his ALT, AST and bilirubin have come down. I think it will just take longer for the GGT to respond in a similar fashion. I would suggest that this isn't a test he needs to have done regularly as it doesn't correlate well with PSC and just manages to make you more upset. If they continue to do it, I would ignore the result and only consider the other three test results (ALT, AST and bilirubin). I'm glad to hear he survived his latest ERCP with no additional injuries. Aubrey, MD PSC '81, UC '90, LTX '98, Recurrence '05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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