The Obvious Causes Of Elevated Liver Enzymes

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease's another huge, huge cause of elevated liver enzymes. You know this one, men! It comes when fat cells build up a lot more than they should in your liver. You get this disease when you've got high blood sugar, high triglycerides, and insulin resistance. Other causes, men, are obesity, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, and metabolic syndrome. Sadly, this condition doesn't always give you symptoms you can see. YOur doc finds it from a blood test they do for something else! That's when you'll discover your liver enzymes are high.

Your doc confirms this disease with a liver biopsy, abdominal ultrasound, and a CT scan. Men, you'll need to lose weight with this one! Most docs say losing 10% of your weight is a huge, huge help. That said, you'll see things get so much better when you've lost 5%! You need to get control over this one. You'll end up with cirrhosis of the liver and need a liver transplant otherwise!