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Normal Level For Liver Enzymes

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liver enzymes going from high to normal

hello doctor and thanks for your time like always. my liver enzymes were high alt160 and ast80. the doctor send me back to the lab a week latter for more liver test, this time i went in the morning fasting, and also stop drinking coffe and eating...
Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine
It's possible that all those things contributed to an increase in your liver enzyme levels. Unfortunately we'll never know, but the good thing is that everything is back to normal. So it's not your HIV meds or some other ongoing... Read more »

Need help understanding liver enzyme levels

Dr. Holodniy:Started meds 12 weeks ago. Baseline numbers as follows: CD4 - 334, CD4 percent -... Read more »

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Dr. Can you have liver damage and still have normal liverenzymes. I had higher than normal enzymes... Read more »
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Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I was wondering if when you donate plasma and they test your enzyme levels in your liver and stuff does it have to do with hiv.I'm wondering becuase i was told my enzyme levels were low when they tested my plasma and they needed to take 2 tubes of... Read more »

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