The dangers of high alanine aminotransferase

High alanine aminotransferase is one of the high transaminases. There are many reasons for high alanine aminotransferase, including acute hepatitis, or long-term use of drugs that are harmful to the liver, excessive drinking, or friends who drink for a long time, and certain diseases may also have high alanine aminotransferase. There are also many symptoms of high alanine aminotransferase, which will cause a very uncomfortable feeling to the body. Therefore, in order to avoid the occurrence of high alanine aminotransferase, everyone must pay more attention in life and avoid bad living habits.

Patients with high alanine aminotransferase levels should also pay attention to their diet, avoid eating spicy foods, and increase their exercise appropriately. However, they should not do strenuous exercise or overwork themselves. If they are too tired, it will put a great burden and damage on the liver, and will also increase their alanine aminotransferase levels. Here I will introduce the dangers of high alanine aminotransferase, hoping to attract everyone's attention.

Symptoms of high alanine aminotransferase

Symptoms of high alanine aminotransferase levels include insomnia, fatigue, poor appetite, low-grade fever, aversion to greasy food, jaundice, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and discomfort in the liver area. Mild symptoms include sweating, drowsiness, thirst, and eye fatigue when reading. There are many hepatitis B patients in my country, and most of them have liver damage to varying degrees. Therefore, many hepatitis B patients will have symptoms of high alanine aminotransferase.

Patients need to be reminded that many people believe that having high alanine aminotransferase means they have hepatitis. In fact, there are many reasons for high alanine aminotransferase, such as drinking, fatty liver, alcoholic liver, myocarditis, influenza, etc. can all cause elevated alanine aminotransferase. To determine whether the symptoms of high alanine aminotransferase are caused by hepatitis, other tests are needed, combined with a comprehensive analysis of medical history, symptoms, and physical signs.

The dangers of high alanine aminotransferase

Increased alanine aminotransferase activity is a typical manifestation of all types of liver disease. All types include various acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, infectious mononucleosis, acute and chronic heart failure, various infections, metastatic cancer, and granulomatous and alcoholic liver disease. Elevations greater than 8-fold are nonspecific and may be seen in any of the above disease states.

The highest level of alanine aminotransferase activity often occurs in cases of extensive liver cell damage, such as drug-induced or viral hepatitis, and acute heart failure. At this time, the alanine aminotransferase level is often as high as thousands or tens of thousands of units. However, 10,000~15,000 U/L can be seen in a small number of patients with viral hepatitis whose recovery is unstable.

Alanine aminotransferase levels generally reach 500 U/L in patients with obstructive jaundice, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) with viral hepatitis, and cirrhosis, whereas they are usually below 300 U/L in alcoholic liver disease. In acute bile duct obstruction caused by common bile duct stones, the alanine aminotransferase value can reach several thousand units within 24 to 48 hours of the onset of acute bile duct obstruction. In most hepatobiliary diseases, the levels of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase will increase simultaneously, and alanine aminotransferase is usually slightly higher than aspartate aminotransferase.

Everyone knows the dangers of high alanine aminotransferase, so patients need to develop good living habits in daily life, try to eat light food that is easy to absorb and digest, try to reduce greasy food, and avoid putting too much burden on the human liver and affecting the recovery of the disease and the health of the body.