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Game_Grumps posted...

why are your alt and ast higher than mine, when i legitimately have liver disease

you're not secretly a massive alcoholic, are you? that's the only reason i can see for it to be that high, that's indicative of alcoholic cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis

Cirrhosis actually doesn't generally have high levels and typically the AST is higher than ALT in alcoholic liver conditions.

My best guess is that it's a bilary back up since my gall bladder has bile issues and my digestion shows not enough bile. So basically maybe my liver is producing enough bile, but it's not actually leaving the liver like it should. I can't really talk to a doctor till monday so all I can do is speculate. Usually liver failure happens at much higher levels.

And yeah I can only drink water and eat rice and it's been this way for 9 months so definitely no alcohol lately.

Other possibilities are some sort of infection or the mast cell disorder (MCAS) that is very rare but a pretty good match for my symptoms. Mast cells release inflammatory agents in response to allergens and it's possible that mine are releasing those things when they shouldn't be. This can cause inflammation in the areas it's happening in. Of course, I don't really perfectly match with that either. It'd be odd that 9 months ago, my ALT and AST were around what they were a month ago, but as the symptoms got worse, they actually went down, until like 2 months ago where they went back up and of course now they are higher than ever.

I wish I felt better enough to look at all my previous test results. It's possible the lowered levels coincided with taking ranitidine which is an H2 blocker. I was taking it for acid reflux on doctors orders but it's also part of the treatment for MCAS. Perhaps it was actually working but I'm not sure if the timing lines up.

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