I have high level of alanine transaminase - 116. and high level of asparate aminotransferase - 49. What should I do ? Is there anything I need to be worried about

Hi,

Your ast levels are not very high,but alt levels are a little high.

Common cause of raised alt/ast levels are -
1) Alcohol
2) Hepatitis infection chronic (B or C)
3) Cirrohosis
4) Fatty liver
5) Overdose of medications
6) Acute viral infection

- Stop excessive alcohol or try reducing it to as low as possible
- Stop excessive medications

Do you have any other symptoms like digestion problem or muscle aches or may be blood from any site? If there is no other symptom then it could be only alcohol or fatty liver

Feel free to ask further questions

•  hepatitis
•  infection
•  alcohol
•  fatty liver
•  viral

Patient asked followup Question: 12 years ago

Thanks for your answer. I am not an excessive drinker of alcohol and also not on any medication. I Usually drink once or twice a month. Other than that I dont have any symptoms you have mentioned. My Cholestrol Total was 202 & Cholestrol LDL-Direct is 129. Both of which are on the higher side. I think it may be due to fatty lever. Could you please recommend some medicines or any diet control I should follow.

Hi,

Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet, which includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk,vegetables, poultry, and egg whites. Use mono unsaturated oils such as olive, peanut, and canola oils or polyunsaturated oils such as corn, safflower, soy, sunflower, cotton seed, and soybean oils.

Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods. Smoking should be stopped and all direct sugars should be reduced.

Alcohol can be beneficial in small amounts to raise hdl but only in small amounts. You can have green tea,have plenty of fruits vegetables(high fibre diet) and have plenty of water.

You should have a work out plan for your daily routine this will also help you raise your hdl and reduce stress.

Statins can be useful for you but I think you should try with the above first because without following these even drugs can't do anything alone and looking at your age and cholesterol levels you should be able yo control it simply by diet and exercise alone.

•  diet
•  alcohol
•  fatty liver
•  cholestrol