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.
Your pharmacist can explain your medication's effect on the liver. Elevated liver enzymes may indicate liver damage or inflammation. Liver injury results in the leakage of enzymes called aminotransferases, which include alanine aminotransferase, or ALT, and aspartate aminotransferase, or AST.