What Does ALT SGPT Mean on a Blood Test and What If It is High. Initially the damage in the liver can be detected by simple blood test. It determines the presence of ALT which is related with SGPT in the blood. Usually under the normal circumstances this enzyme is concentrated within the cells of the liver. But when liver suffers from some injury this enzyme is spilled into the blood stream.
What is Spinal Disc Desiccation? Disc desiccation is another term used virtually interchangeably for degenerative disc disease. Actually, desiccation is the very first step in the DDD process, when discs first start to show the physical changes associated with the spinal aging progression.
Desiccation and diffuse bulging of L5-S1. Hi all. I recently posted about having excruciating pain in my low back, so bad that walking was hard and painful....hunched over like an old woman! Well, I just got the results of the MRI. But I don't know what it means. I have not seen the Dr to discuss it yet. It says that I have desiccation and diffuse bulging of the lower L5 and S1 disk.