Question 1

why does lifting weights cause my liver enzymes to fluctuate?

Accepted Answer

Liver enzymes: Do you take any supplements for weightlifting? Do you take any medicines, like a statin for cholesterol? How much alcohol do you drink? Do you use Anabolic steroids to increase muscle mass? Have you ever had or been exposed to hepatitis b or c (through blood or body fluids)? The answers to these & other questions may shed light on your question.

Question 2

right after surgery(2yrsago)i developed an autonomic nervous system dysfunction and ever since my liver enzymes (labs)fluctuate normal and high cause?

Accepted Answer

LFT elevation.: Intermittent LFT increase associated with variety of illness most commonly non alcoholic fatty liver (or alcohol)  Also viral hepatitis, medications / drugs or exposure to certain chemicals. To be sure this can get complicated so should probably see doc to make sure you have been tested for the major causes before thinking about many, many less common things.

Question 3

what causes a high liver enzyme?

Accepted Answer

Many things: Alcohol, viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, cmv, ebv, leptosprosis, biliary obstruction, right sided heart failure, wilson disease, some drugs,  and more.

Question 4

what cause high liver enzyme activity?

Accepted Answer

Many: Liver enzymes are from the inside of the cells in the liver, and theur presence in excess indicates too many liver cells are dying, dimping their contents into the blood. Several causes: too much tylenol, (acetaminophen) alcohol, ibuprofen, and many prescription drugs. Gall stones lodged in the tract from the liver to the intestine, a tumor in that tract or the liver itself, an infection like hepatitis or mono.

Question 5

is there a common cause of low liver enzymes?

Accepted Answer

Usually OK: When we talk about liver enzymes, we are usually referring to transaminases (sgot/sgpt, ast/alt). The lower limit of normal is either zero or close to zero. Therefore having a low value of one of these is not an issue. Albumin and protein can be low in malnutrition or protein-losing kidney disease. And severe malnutrition will cause everything to be very low across the board.

Question 6

what cause liver enzymes to be elevated in a child?

Accepted Answer

Many thigs can: Infections like prenatal viruses; e.g. Cytomegalovirus, rubella, hepatitis, etc.; inflammation or swelling of the liver, certain genetic and/or metabolic diseases , sometimes heart failure or prolonged jaundice, etc. It is important to see a liver specialist if your child has elevated liver enzymes and/or an enlarged liver (hepatomegaly).

Question 7

what can cause liver enzymes to be elevated more than normal?

Accepted Answer

Many: Hepatitis,  alcohol  ,  dibetes  glycogen  storage  problems.

Question 8

i was wondering what would cause liver enzyme to get elevated?

Accepted Answer

There are many cause: Many things can cause this.  Some are harmless, others are dangerous.  Alcohol and many medicines (especial tylenol) can do this.  Many infections can do this, some short lasting and some long lasting.  Structural abnormalities in the liver can do this.  Some autoimmune or inflammatory disease can do this.  Sometimes no reason can be found, but it is important to try to identify the cause.

Question 9

what causes "elevated liver enzymes"?

Accepted Answer

Too Many: There are simply a multitude of causes that can cause "elevated liver enzymes". Seek professional advice from a gastroenterologist or "liver specialist".

Question 10

what can cause elevated liver enzymes?

Accepted Answer

Many things: Elevated liver enzymes can be caused by inflammattion and infection (hepatiitis), trauma to liver, medications toxic to liver, alcohol, fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver cancer etc.

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Is there a common cause of low liver enzymes?

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