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.
ALT is the most important enzyme analyzed in a fatty liver blood test for diagnosing a fatty liver. This enzyme is mostly concentrated in the liver, and this is why high elevated alt levels in the bloodstream may suggest a liver injury.â¦] to the liver causes the cells to spill these enzymes into the bloodstream. Increase in the AST and elevated ALT levels signal the existence of liver disease.