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What is a dangerous value for blood work for alt?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Depends on cause: About ten times the upper limit of normal warrants immediate attention. See this site for more info. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/elevated-liver-enzymes/my00508.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/3/2013

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I recently got my blood work back and the only abnormal result was my ALT at 69. Is this something I should worry about? No meds and I don't drink.

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I just got blood work done and noticed my bilirubin and ALT level were slightly elevated. ALT 48U/L & BILIRUBIN, TOTAL 1.9mg/dL. Should I be concerned my this and what should I do to reduce it?

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I had blood work done this morning after consuming 9 beers lastnight (bachelor party). Could that be cause for ALT of 52? Everything else normal.

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I just had some blood work done and it came back with the results of a low (ast) of 11 and an (alt) result of 7. Should i be concerned?

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What is ALT & AST and what does it do? Test results from my blood work came back and these two results were doubled the norm and i would like to know what that means.

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