High ALT blood test

[Austin22 6]

Anyone test high for ALT in their blood test?
My surgeon’s office is close to submitting to my insurance for a gastric bypass but they have some concern about my ALT blood test. It is high but it is down from a month ago. They are sending me for an ultrasound of my liver to check. Has this happened to anyone else?

[ARMoma45 353]

Was that the only liver enzyme that was elevated? Fatty liver disease can cause all of them to be elevated but I've never seen just the one be elevated... I'm a lab technician.

[Frustr8 7,886]

Yeah ^ALT could indicate N..A.S.H. but in all my research I too believed all liver enzymes would be, not just the one. More study and additional testing needs done, maybe the rest were false negatives and there truly is more going on! Not something to sit around twiddling ones thumbs! A pretty good Scarey Larry situation!

[2Bsmaller18 436]

I had blood test at 6 months post op and it was fine. Now I have a high ALT of 44 with normal per Labcorp of 0-32 but online it says normal is 7-56 so I don't know if it is a concern until i reach out to the doctor tomorrow.