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Just say someone did have active cirrhosis going on and was drinking alcohol every other day would ggt be normal on bloodwork ?
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γ-Glutamyl Transferase (or GGT) is a lab test I order when evaluating hepatobiliary function, and usually elevated in serum as a result of liver disease and injury. However, GGT may be higher in chronic liver disease from alcohol than other causes because alcohol could induce GGT to leak into the blood from liver cells
Answered 12/28/2022
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I do drink alcohol beer every day after work.i worry I might have cirrhosis when I worry I go to a regular doctors office and ask for bloodwork everything comes back in range and even my GGt.Would GGT be normal if cirrhosis was present from drinking?
So if a person did have ongoing cirrhosis of the liver and was still drinking alcohol every day the GGt on bloodwork would be elevated right?
So just say for instance if a person was to have cirrhosis of the liver and was drinking beer every day 6-8 beers. the GGT on bloodwork would not be normal right? Because that would be considered on going damage right?
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