Hi,
I went for my yearly blood tests last week, 2 days later i had a call from my nurse to say one of my liver readings had come back a bit higher, my norm is 21 and had risen to 26. not sure what
the numbers mean. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Mark
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That is not a clinically signifigant change. You have to look at what the normal range is for your lab. I had liver enzymes (they do two-ALT and AST) that were both three time the upper limits of normal. Even that was considered just a modest elevation. Basically, elevations of liver enzymes mean there is liver inflammation. There are other liver tests, but enzymes are what is typically done in routine screening.
So, if it is elevated enough to be a concern, they first repeat it to make sure it is not error. If it persists, then there is further testing to track it down. This can be important since a variety of liver disease is associated with UC. Mine turned out tp be simple non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. My liver enzymes returned to normal with weight loss and treatmeny of my inflammatory arthritis (also UC related ).
Jan 
Thank you Jan, that has put my mind at rest and made things much clearer. I have been told that I need to go for some tests just to be on the safe side. Thanks again, Mark
Mine are up too! not sure how much though. Did they tell you to do an MRI?
Ultrasound i think.
