Liver enzymes are chemicals that accelerate chemical reactions in the liver. The main liver enzymes are ALT, AST, ALP, and GGT. Elevated levels of these enzymes in the blood indicate liver cell damage or inflammation. Increased enzyme levels can be caused by viral hepatitis, alcohol abuse, or other liver conditions. Decreased enzyme levels are generally normal but can also indicate malnutrition or other illnesses.
Liver enzymes are chemicals that accelerate chemical reactions in the liver. The main liver enzymes are ALT, AST, ALP, and GGT. Elevated levels of these enzymes in the blood indicate liver cell damage or inflammation. Increased enzyme levels can be caused by viral hepatitis, alcohol abuse, or other liver conditions. Decreased enzyme levels are generally normal but can also indicate malnutrition or other illnesses.
Liver enzymes are chemicals that accelerate chemical reactions in the liver. The main liver enzymes are ALT, AST, ALP, and GGT. Elevated levels of these enzymes in the blood indicate liver cell damage or inflammation. Increased enzyme levels can be caused by viral hepatitis, alcohol abuse, or other liver conditions. Decreased enzyme levels are generally normal but can also indicate malnutrition or other illnesses.
Enzyme is a chemical that accelerates (speeds up) chemical
reactions within the body. There are several enzymes in the liver, including alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT). Elevated liver enzymes, found with a blood test, indicate inflamed or injured liver cell
A chart showing the levels of liver enzymes in case of a Increase
and Decrease:
Enzyme Increased Enzyme Decreased Enzyme
( ALT) 1. Increase level affecting other parts of 1. A low level of ALT in the blood the body. Nevertheless, injury to organs is expected and is normal. Liver other than the liver, such as the heart and disease is the most common reason skeletal muscle, can cause elevations of for higher than normal levels ALT. For example, small increases may of ALT. Very high levels be seen with skeletal muscle damage of ALT (more than 10 times or heart attack normal) are usually due to acute hepatitis, sometimes due to a viral hepatitis infect (AST) 1. A high AST level is a sign of liver 1. Low levels of AST in the blood damage, but it can also mean you have are expected and are normal. Very damage to another organ that makes it, high levels of AST (more than 10 like your heart or kidney times normal) are usually due to 2. Typically the range for normal AST is acute hepatitis, sometimes due to a reported between 10 to 40 units per liter viral infection. ... In most types of and ALT between 7 to 56 units per liter. liver disease, the ALT level is Mild elevations are generally considered higher than AST and the AST/ALT to be 2-3 times higher than the normal ratio will be low range. In some conditions, these enzymes can be severely elevated, in the 1000s rang
) ALP( 1. High levels may also indicate an issue 1. Low levels having lower-than-
related to the bones such as rickets, normal ALP levels in your blood is Paget's disease, bone cancer, or an rare, but it can indicate overactive parathyroid gland. In rare malnutrition, which could be caused cases, high ALP levels can indicate heart by celiac disease or a deficiency in failure, kidney cancer, other cancer, certain vitamins mononucleosis, or bacterial infection ))GGT High levels of GGT in the blood could .1 1.They may also be caused indicate that the enzyme is leaking out of by alcohol abuse, alcoholic liver the liver cells and into the blood, disease, or use of drugs that are suggesting damage to the liver or bile toxic to the liver. A low or normal ducts. A typical range for GGT levels in GGT test result indicates that it is adults and children is between 0 and 30 unlikely that you have liver international units per liter (IU/L) disease or have consumed any alcohol
2. Some of the conditions that result in cardiovascular disease and .2
increased GGT include: diabetes, as well as all-cause overuse of alcohol. mortality in both men and women, chronic viral hepatitis. when GGT concentrations exceeded lack of blood flow to the liver. the lowest 25% of normal liver tumor. cirrhosis, or scarred liver. .population ranges overuse of certain drugs or other toxins. heart failure. diabetes