From:
TR1212@aol.com
Date: 2002-09-05 23:16:27 UTC
Subject: Liver - Elevated ALT
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <72.220670b8.2aa93fcb@aol.com>
To anyone who can help~
I've written Dr. Williams but haven't heard from him yet. I have a male fert,
approx 5 yrs old. Rescue so not positive. Two years ago he had his left
adrenal removed and an object from his stomach. Ten months ago he had a
paptial pancreatectomy. BG went back down into the 40's shortly thereafter.
He's now on 1/4 tab of 5mg pred 2x a day. I give it to him in about a
tablespoon of turkey baby food. Three weeks ago I discovered a bad tooth so I
had his teeth cleaned. At the same time we did bloodwork and xrays. BG 72.
Dr. thought his liver looked a little small then noticed that his ALT was
324. I took him back a week later for more bloodwork. ALT still elevated.
Back again for a sonogram. Everything looked fine. The Dr. said that the ALT
isn't too elevated and wants me to just monitor him for any new developments.
The info I found said that the acceptable ALT range is 13-176. So.......what
do I do next? I haven't found much about the liver so I'm hoping someone here
can help me. His diet consists of a mixture of three kibbles and the turkey
baby food. We've got two others so I'm not sure who eats how much but I do
know that he eats the kibble as well as the baby food. His weight has not
changed. 2lbs. Any help you can provide would be tremendously appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Tiffany, Oscar, Cindy and Slinky