High ALT

Many people may not understand what causes high alanine aminotransferase, especially when they have never encountered such a situation in their daily lives. If such a situation occurs during the examination, don’t worry. This generally means that our liver has been damaged. Many of our lifestyles are incorrect now, and some of us are often angry, which can easily cause certain damage to the liver.

There are many reasons that can cause high alanine aminotransferase levels. Generally, the clinical cause of this situation is liver disease. In addition, there are other conditions that can also cause high alanine aminotransferase levels. In such cases, everyone should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

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If you do strenuous exercise, stay up late, do not get enough rest, are overworked, drink alcohol the day before the test, eat too greasy food, or do not fast for 8 hours before the test, these physiological reasons will cause an increase in alanine aminotransferase.

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Viral hepatitis such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C can cause liver damage and increase alanine aminotransferase when the disease occurs.

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Liver cirrhosis and liver cancer When cirrhosis is active, it can also cause elevated alanine aminotransferase.

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Taking drugs that are harmful to the liver can also cause liver damage and lead to elevated alanine aminotransferase levels.

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Other liver diseases such as alcoholic liver disease and fatty liver disease can also cause elevated alanine aminotransferase levels.

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Acute attacks of biliary diseases such as cholecystitis and cholelithiasis often cause fever, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, jaundice, and elevated blood bilirubin and alanine aminotransferase.

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Alanine aminotransferase may also increase in cases of heart disease such as acute myocardial infarction, myocarditis, and heart failure.

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Certain other infectious diseases, such as pneumonia, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, infectious mononucleosis, etc., are associated with elevated alanine aminotransferase levels.

Precautions

Since there are many clinical reasons for elevated alanine aminotransferase levels, when examination reveals elevated alanine aminotransferase levels, you must not blindly take enzyme-lowering drugs, but instead find out the cause in a timely manner.

Since high alanine aminotransferase is mostly caused by liver damage, patients need to pay more attention to their daily diet. You need to consume adequate amounts of vitamins, fats, carbohydrates and proteins every day. The three meals a day should be reasonably matched, alternating between meat and vegetables, and spicy and other irritating foods should be eaten as little as possible to avoid developing bad habits of picky eating.

Patients with high alanine aminotransferase levels should also exercise appropriately to avoid fatigue. Patients can participate in some light exercise appropriately, which is beneficial to their physical recovery. It means that the liver is slightly damaged, but not particularly high. Don't be too nervous. This alone cannot determine whether it is viral. If you find out that your alanine aminotransferase is high during the examination, don't be too anxious, and don't take medicine blindly. If the medicine is not used properly, it will cause other harm to the body. The most important thing is to find out the cause in time, and make a reasonable combination in your daily diet. Don't eat spicy and irritating foods anymore.