14 weeks pregnant and Liver Enzymes are Elevated...Please help,,,?

No one blood test is 100% accurate.

The doctor may do more testing to see if these

return to normal range. Many things can

affect the results of these tests...exercising before

the test was done, an intramuscular injection,

muscle injury, and even medications and other things.

The liver enzymes are not the only tests the doctor

does to check the liver/biliary area. They also

do the liver function tests. Liver enzymes are made

in the liver cells, but only one of these enzymes are

specific to the liver itself, as it is made mostly by

the liver cells and that is the ALT...the others are

made in other organs, also.

The liver enzymes usually tested for are the

ALT, AST, GGT, and Alkaline phosphatase.

They are not a diagnosis test...they just give the

doctor an idea that there may be something wrong.

The liver function tests are the

Bilirubin, INR, Albumin, Pt, PTT

these give to the doctor an idea of how well the

liver cells are able to do the many functions of the

liver.

To look up any of these tests and learn more about

them, click on this site:

http://www.labtestsonline.org/

There is a condition, known as Fatty liver disease,

that can occur in the third trimester of pregnancy.

I'm giving you a few links to read about that.

I would not be too concern about this just yet...

it depends on how high your liver enzymes levels

really are.

http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/14332_14...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_fatty_liver_of_...

http://www.aafp.org/afp/990215ap/829.html

The doctor may do an ultrasound to check the baby,

the liver biliary area and the liver itself.

These enzymes can go up, also, if the biliary

is obstructed some or if an infection has occurred.

I hope you are diagnosed soon. Best wishes to you.