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  • in reply to: High AST and Alt #29212
    howardfstalker@hotmail.com
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    Dr James,
    Thanks again for your help. I went to my doctor yesterday and we went over my labs. He seems to believe that my bad results may be alcohol related. I didn’t know that ALT and AST would remain at normal levels when consuming alcohol and only the GGT would elevate. My doctor did not mention this to me. The reason I’m so concerned, is that having had HepB in the past, I’ve seen numbers like this when the infection was active. However, the opinions I am getting are that reactivation of my HepB is remote and I show no physical symptoms. OK, that being said, I do not take any medications. The only supplements I take are a multivitamin and fish oil, which I have been doing for many months. I have not been exposed to any environmental toxins that I am aware of. My diet has remained unchanged etc. As for HepA, I was vaccinated for it before I started treatment for HepC. I have not had the six month booster but I don’t know if that makes any difference. You can see why I’m a bit perplexed by my bad labs. The bad labs may well be a one off as you suggest, I can hope so. No matter, as you noted, the next step is to do new tests. These are already in work. My doctor scheduled me for new labs in three weeks. He told me to abstain from alcohol for that time to test the theory of alcohol causing the bad labs and to see what changes occur. Hopefully all will be well. Meanwhile, I can only wait. Thanks again.

    in reply to: High AST and Alt #29210
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    Dr. James,
    Thank you for your response. I finished my treatment about 10 days ago. I have looked at the possible causes of my high Labs. I’m thinking this may be alcohol related. I have always been a moderate drinker but I have never had any issues even though I had HepC for decades. I have reviewed all of my labs and they all are good even though I was drinking. I abstained from drinking beginning in January when I learned I had HepC. I started drinking again after my treatment ended not heavily and not often. Then my labs came back bad. I do not understand how I could drink without any problems for so long then quit and then start having problems when I went back. I guess my question would be, does the Maviret sensitize the liver to alcohol?

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