Location: Cuyahoga County, Greater Cleveland, Northeast Ohio, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America; Population: 18,800; Latitude: 41Â° 31' 9.2 (41.5192Â°) north; Longitude: 81Â° 27' 28.4 (81.4579Â°) west; Elevation: 1,089 feet (332 meters)
If your doctor says you have high enzymes, he is referring to an elevated liver enzyme level. High enzymes in your liver indicate damage to the cells or inflammation in your liver. Inflamed liver cells leak higher-than-normal amounts of liver enzymes into the bloodstream. This results in higher-than-normal enzyme level on your blood test. Several diseases result from high enzyme levels.
Liver Disease. When elevated AST indicates damage to the liver, this damage can come from a variety of different causes, both in the sense of indicating various liver diseases and also in the sense of the diseases being due to various causes.hen elevated AST indicates damage to the liver, this damage can come from a variety of different causes, both in the sense of indicating various liver diseases and also in the sense of the diseases being due to various causes.