Blood Drug Testing

liver function blood tests was elevated, what does that mean?

This was for a friend for a pre-employment exam... this friend is very dear to me, and I am worried

Public Comments

1. This could be from many, many things. Some causes could be using too much tylenol, too much alcohol, liver disease, hepatitis, an inflammation in her body and many more. In order to find the cause, she will probably need to have further testing with her family doctor.
2. Nothing to worry about, you and hundreds of millions of other people. Your liver produces enzymes and an elevated reading of specific enzymes that produce an inlfammatory response is a symptoms of any one of over 80 identified auto immune diseases. I'm going to state an age old truth that pro drug people don't want you to know... The good news is that all disease is cured through nutrition 100% Unfortunately, our governments have shut down clinics and articles stating this truth. The proper nutritional tools always allows the body to correct itself, and the liver has the biggest job of all, to metabolize everything that goes in and everything that goes out... Include 7 to 9 servings of raw fruits and vegetables a day to start and cut out all man made junk foods.
3. The are normal limits to all lab work for a reason. There are many things that cause this. It warrants follow up with your family doctor for additional review.
4. Elevated enzymes don't necessarily mean anything. There are more than one liver enzyme so your information is nonspecific. Your friend will have follow up for this and your friend's doctor can explain to your friend the significance of this result in context of a total health picture.
5. A number of things can cause elevated liver enzymes. Some are serious, and some aren't, so your friend should definitely discuss the blood test results with his or her doctor. In the US, the leading cause of elevated liver enzymes is fatty liver disease, which is not itself a particularly serious problem but can be an indication of an underlying condition. More serious things that can cause high liver enzymes in blood tests include viral hepatitis; autoimmune diseases such as autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, or primary biliary cirrhosis; liver damage due to medication overdose; alcoholic liver disease; and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. One other potential cause of high liver enzymes in a blood test is the nature of the normal limits. They're an average value that applies to most people, but if the enzymes are very slightly elevated, it's entirely possible that your friend is just one of the people who doesn't fit within the average. While chances are good that there's nothing seriously wrong with your friend, a follow up with a doctor is very important. If there is a serious problem, knowing about it as early as possible will give the best set of options for dealing with it.