What is a dangerously high ALT level?

Typically the range for normal AST is reported between 10 to 40 units per liter and ALT between 7 to 56 units per liter. Mild elevations are generally considered to be 2-3 times higher than the normal range. In some conditions, these enzymes can be severely elevated, in the 1000s range.

What happen if ALT is high?

High levels of ALT may indicate liver damage from hepatitis, infection, cirrhosis, liver cancer, or other liver diseases. Other factors, including medicines, can affect your results.

How do you treat elevated liver enzymes?

How is it treated? Treatment depends on what is causing your liver enzymes to be elevated. If your doctor thinks you have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or the metabolic syndrome, you will need to watch your diet, stop drinking alcohol, lose weight, and control your cholesterol.

Is raised ALT serious?

A high ALT level is usually a sign of some type of liver issue. It’s important to work with your doctor to find the underlying cause of your elevated ALT, even if you don’t have any symptoms. Lowering your ALT will require treating the cause, but certain dietary changes can help.

What kind of treatment is needed for elevated ALT?

The types of treatment required for elevated ALT is different depending on the causes, some might require treatment for the cause of liver damage, and some treatment might focus on enhancing the ability of liver function and simply by protecting the liver cells, like fatty liver.

What does an elevated ALT level in liver mean?

This range might vary according to different countries or laboratories, but the upper limit is usually between 35-40. [1] Therefore an elevated ALT level simply means liver damage, the higher ALT number indicates more severe damage to the liver. When is treatment needed for elevated ALT level?

What should I do if my liver enzymes are elevated?

The treatment for elevated liver enzymes will focus on managing the underlying condition causing the increased levels. The treatments for some common causes of raised AST or ALT levels include: People can work with their doctor to treat NAFLD with weight loss. The doctor may advise a person to make lifestyle changes to lose weight, such as:

What should Alt and AST be for non alcoholic fatty liver disease?

People with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease will often have a very “modest” elevation in AST and ALT, somewhere in the 30-70 range for both. What’s more interesting is that people with this condition tend to be completely asymptomatic, which means that this condition is really only picked up on routine screening.

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