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.
Abstain & repeat lab: Elevated liver enzymes simply means inflammation of the liver and is reflected by elevated liver function tests (AST and ALT) - it can be the result of many things - the most common in the US is from alcohol, but fatty liver, viral hepatitis (hepatitis b and hepatitis c), autoimmune hepatitis, and drug induced hepatitis can also cause this.