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What could high ast and high alt signify in a 5 month old with failure to thrive?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
TORCH: One possibility for elevated liver enzymes and failure to thrive in an infant would be one of the TORCH infections. These are congenitally acquired viral infections with a variety of sequela. Your pediatrician can help you sort this out.
Answered 2/6/2015
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High AST and ALT: Are indicative of a hepatitis. Infants with hepatitis and failure to thrive should be evaluated for metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, and other systemic disease. He should be seen by a pediatric gastroenterologist with interest in liver disease (hepatology).
Answered 4/25/2015
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