Elevated Liver Enzymes

My doctor didn't even mention this at my last appointment, and I'm assuming it is because the last time this happened, they went down on their own. She told me in April that they were normal, but had been one point above range in March. I just saw her again last week, and she didn't mention anything, but when I looked at the labs, it showed my ALT 30 and AST 29. The ALT is one point out of range, but overall, both of these are on the high end of the range.

I've heard some of you say that a spike between 40-70 can happen and that it might not be a huge concern.

I'm, of course worried. I'm afraid I'l have to stop treatment. I started taking milk thistle last month, and I drink lemon water to detox, and trying to be better about my foot baths.

Maybe she will want to stop the Bactrim if it doesn't start to go down on its own. It seems to look like there has been a very slow and steady increase since starting treatment. But maybe I ought to call my old GP and see what they were before I knew I had Lyme.

Any suggestions? Is this reversible?

I've also started folate for the MTHFR. Could this help with the liver issue?

An ALT 30 and AST 29 should not be out of range ... hmmmm .... I guess every lab's numbers are a little different, but I just looked on 3 of my tests ...

The reference range for Accurate Diagnostics is 0-56 ALT and 0-50 on AST

The reference range on the big hospital here in NJ is 12-78 ALT and 15-37 AST

The reference range at LabCorp is 0-40 ALT and 0-40 AST

The Mayo Clinic has their range listed as 7 - 55 ALT and 8 - 48 AST

I really don't think you have anything to worry about ... and even if these are out of range, they fluctuate and are easily brought back down ...

Don't worry too much

The only time our daughter's liver enzymes were out of range was when she was taking bactrim. She later developed an allergic reaction to it (sulpha drug).

Our LLMD switched her to biaxin and we added milk thistle to our protocol. The enzyme level came back down and we never had another problem with it, even at the end of her antibiotic treatment when she was on a combination of mino/azith/plaquinel/tindamax/malarone. Yikes!

Maine76- I'm taking Solgar's folate (as metafolin).

My doc just called - labs I had done on Monday show ALT at 74, recommended level is 32. She thinks this is due to the diflucan/flucanazole. But I shared with her that when I stop taking it, the sinus "infection", which is likely a fungus, symptoms return (post nasal drip, sore throat and ear, sinus facial pain). So she's agreed to keep me on it every other day and I need to increase my detox and add in Burdock. I currently take milk seed thistle (drops - I don't know if it's "standard"), and Burbur, Pinella, and parsley drops in water.

And now it seems to make sense why my liver/kidney area feels sore over the past week.

Any other suggestions?

-p

Post Edited (Pirouette) : 5/21/2014 11:50:01 AM (GMT-6)