Does anyone know anything about a liver function test being high , i dont drink?
Well, given that you don’t drink, you can probably rule out alcoholic hepatitis. There are many causes of elevated liver enzymes. Depending on which enzymes are elevated (AST/ALT vs. Alkaline Phosphatase/GGT), your jaundice (yellow skin) could be really anything from a completely benign hereditary condition to a more serious liver problem. If AST and ALT are elevated more, this is referred to as a hepatitic pattern. We, of course, are most familiar with infectious hepatitis: Hepatitis A, which is typically carried in food or water, and hepatitis B and C, which are typically transmitted sexually or through intravenous drug use. There are other causes of hepatitis (which means inflammation of the liver tissue) as well, including autoimmune hepatitis (the body decides to attack its own cells), alcoholic hepatitis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (caused by depositing fat in the liver) and a whole host of very rare things. If your alkaline phosphatase and GGT are elevated, this points to wha
