What liver condition do I have? ALT/SGPT and GGT levels escalated!!?

Hello RHGB,

Yes I had gone out for a weekend and it was intense drinking for one and a half days and this test was conducted two days after the test.

But I do feel undementioned:

- Itchy skin over the upper right abdomen.

- A little discomfort in upper right abdomen with a slight pain.

- Somtimes pain in my uuper left abdomen.

I also have acidity issues.

Medical History: Diagnosed with Jaundice in Dec, 2012 and got treated after 1 month.

Please tell me what could be the issues or I am just overthinking.

Thanking you

I did see a reply to my post, but it seems to have disappeared.

What was the diagnose of your jaundice, i.e. what were you told that caused it?

I am not a doctor, but the jaundice combined with the pain area, may indicate gallstones. These can cause pain in the areas you have mentioned, they can also cause temporary jaundice if they get out of the gallbladder and into the bile duct.

But this is all guess work, I do not know your medical history or have the results of tests when you had jaundice. Your doctor should really be explaining the situation to you.

I will post it again for you

Hello RHGB,

Yes I had gone out for a weekend and it was intense drinking for one and a half days and this test was conducted two days after the test.

But I do feel undementioned:

- Itchy skin over the upper right abdomen.

- A little discomfort in upper right abdomen with a slight pain.

- Somtimes pain in my uuper left abdomen.

I also have acidity issues.

Medical History: Diagnosed with Jaundice in Dec, 2012 and got treated after 1 month.

Please tell me what could be the issues or I am just overthinking.

Thanking you

They told me nothing, but they assumed that it happened because of junk food.

But the jaundice occured in 2012 and was recovered within one month and these three years I was healthy with no issues at all.

I don't think it is combined with jaundice.

But I will surely have an ultra sound and will visit the doctor as per you said.

Some of my friend said that it is fatty liver but I don't see myself believing it.

Is there any case if this is true?

Jaundice is caused by a build up of a substance called Bilirubin, which you will see at the top of your test results.

There are three main ways that it is caused.

Certain infections/diseases, malaria etc. -Pre-hepatic jaundice

Hep A,B&C,Alcoholic liver disease,liver cancer-Intra-hepatic jaundice

Gallstones/issues with gallbladder/pancreas - Post-hepatic jaundice

I have never ever seen anything to indicate junk food causes jaundice.

 

I would be surprised if you had a fatty liver at your age, but it is a possibility. It can be cause by alcohol and a bad diet. The doctor can only guess from your blood tests, the only way to tell is to have an ultrasound - which is the same as the give to pregnant women to look at the baby, except they look at your liver, kidneys, gallbladder and pancreas.

Hello RHGB,

In recent days I was feeling a bit heavy in my abdomen.

So my dad forced me to check for ultrasound and fibroscan.

Everything else was normal but I was diagnosed with fatty liver and fibrocan score was 5.3kPa.

My family doctor said that your liver going towards fibrosis and he scared the sh*t outta me, but I doubt this. 

What are your reviews about this? Is this bad?

How to reverse this? what are the dos and donts?

How long does it take to reverse it?

 

The three stages of liver disease are, fatty liver, followed by fibrosis, followed by cirrhosis.

It means you are progressing from fatty liver to fibrosis and if you continue the way you are, there is a good chance that it can lead to cirhosis.

I don't have access to your medical history or your scans to make any dignosis and as I have said, I am not a doctor. There is alcohol and non alcohol fatty liver disease. The non alcohol fatty liver is caused by obesity and a bad diet. You can be slim and still have fatty liver because of a bad diet, don't assume if your are slim, you are eating a good diet.

I would guess (and it is a guess), that your fatty liver is down to both alcohol and junk food, a bad combination, but when people consume alcohol, they vary rarely worry about a good diet, just something quick and easy to ston the hunger pangs.

I'm glad your doctor scared the sh*t out of you, you have been given a warning, do not ignore it aand I don't mean a warning from your doctor, your body has given you a warning.

Cut the alcohol back and avoid binges. Eat fresh produce and prepare your own meals. No takeaways and no what we call in the UK, ready meals, that is, something ready made in a packet from the shop to go in the oven or microwave.

As i don't have your records, I can't tell how long, but I think a year would be plenty. But it is a lifestyle choice, not a temporary fix, otherwise it will happen again and every time fibrosis occurs, your liver scars and can't always repair itself.

Remember, next step after fibrosis is cirrhosis and that is non reversable. But your doctor should have told you all of this.

I have already cut down my alcohol totally.

I am taking 1 teaspoon on apple cider vinegar three times a day.

I am eating foods without fat.

The only fat I am taking is from egg yolk and 1 tablespoon olive oil a day.

Eating a lot of raw vegetables and fruits a day.

I have aldo uplaoded my diet plan.

Tell me if is it okay or tell me if any changes.

I will also upload my reports shortly.

Thank you so much

Well, not am I not a doctor, I'm not a dietician, but I did have to see the hospital acute dietician for 18 months when I came out of hospital.

This thing about not eating fat, is a misnomer. The body is made of fat and requires fat in the diet to survive. Eating protein and fat, helps to give the body energy that lasts over a long time. Carbohydrates give a quick burst of energy and then the sugar turns to fat and it is that fat that is not good.

We as a society eat too many carbs, many in the form of sugar and because it is marketed as low fat or fat free, we think we can't get fat on it. Well, just look at a man who consumes huge amounts of beer, there is no fat in beer, but all the sugar is carbs that turn to fat, hence the beer belly.

It's difficult to discuss diet with you, because I am indigenous British, living in a Northern temperate climate and my diet will have been different to yours for thousands of years.

Generally, a good diet, consists of meat, fat - natural fat, fat from meat, dairy fat. The bad fats are the man made ones. I eat plenty of dairy food, milk (not skimmed) cheese, yoghurt and eggs. I am totally lactose tolerant though, I can drink pints of full fat milk. Fruit and vegetables, again what is available and eaten here will be different to where you are. Oats are good, as long as they are natural, I eat prorridge most mornings to keep my choletorel down.

As for eggs, the egg whites are full of carbs, they are meant as energy food for new borns (chicks) that are growing and use it. The best part of the egg is the yolk, full of easily digested protein. The yolk also contains chloline, which is good for damage liver and helps it to remove the fat from it - look it up.

Make sure you have some fat in your diet and not too many carbs, which turn to fat if they are not used quickly. Atheletes take many carbs, but burn them off as energy before they can turn to fat. And keep away from any processed food. Just make your food at home, but the ingredient and make it. Keep away from sugary things, only have them in moderation, for example, a peice of cake is much better for you than a packet of sweets.

If you're worried about fat, have a cholesterol test every 3 months to monitor your cholesterol levels. Mine are 4.2 and if came down from 5.7 when I was in hospital, just by eating stuff that isn't processed.

Hello walter41331

This surely gives me a good feeling.

I will surely follow this as this looks like a good detox.

Thank you