Re: Elevated liver enzymes - Cross posted

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About 10 years ago I think it was ... not sure I started seeing a

psychiatrist for depression and he did a complete set of blood work. He

asked me if I had recently had an injury or any surgery. He said at the time

that high liver enzymes are often a sign that the body is healing from some

surgery or injury. I just remembered that when I read your post.

from NJ

Elevated liver enzymes - Cross posted

> On my last 2 sets of labs, my ALT was elevated. After the first time,

> I started taking Milk Thistle. The doctor decided to do a liver

> profile and on that both the ALT and AST were elevated - not

> alarmingly so but a fair amount. I haven't had any symtoms of liver

> problems at all - no jaundice, pain, nausea - nothing. I am taking

> Soma and thought that might be the cause, as I haven't even been

> taking Tylenol since the first test came back elevated. No indication

> that the Soma might be the cause.

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> So I looked up the tests themselves at labs online and this is what I

> found:

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> ALT - A shot or injection of medicine into the muscle tissue, or

> strenuous exercise, may increase ALT levels.

>

> AST - A shot or injection of medicine into muscle tissue, or even

> strenuous exercise, may increase AST levels.

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> I have an IM B12 shot every two weeks and have been having an iron

> injection every week for about 10 weeks now. I also exercise very

> strenously at the Y. I'm thinking that this might possibly be the

> cause, since nothing else seems to be amiss. Certainly I will

> continue to take the Milk Thistle and monitor it closely, but this

> made me feel a little better about the mystery. So I thought I would

> share the info for anyone else who has been puzzled.

>

> Sheri

> In Sunny Florida

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[Guest guest]

> About 10 years ago I think it was ... not sure I started seeing a

psychiatrist for depression and he did a complete set of blood work.

He asked me if I had recently had an injury or any surgery. He said

at the time that high liver enzymes are often a sign that the body is

healing from some surgery or injury. I just remembered that when I

read your post.<<<

Good Morning !

I had heard that, too, but I thought that a response to the trauma of

surgery would have happened sooner than this since I am almost 15

months out. That's why I was looking for other possibilities. Who

knows? I'll just keep on with the milk thistle and keep watching,

since I feel fine.

Sheri

In Sunny Florida