From:
fuzzymum@msn.com
Date: 2002-09-06 04:16:51 UTC
Subject: RE: Liver - Elevated ALT
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <30503173.1031285812002.JavaMail.root@scandium>
> 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 developme=
nts.
> The info I found said that the acceptable ALT range is 13-176. =
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When my Peanut was suspected to have ECE she went downhill real fast..she w=
as severely dehydrated and it was getting more and more difficult to get fo=
od into her so I took back to the vets and she spent 4 days in the hospital=
... they did blood work and of course the ALT test came back real high, lik=
e 1100...they took it daily and on the 4th day it was up to 4300...the vets=
thought she wasn't going to make it but I took her home and gave her aroun=
d the clock supportive care and took her to another vet in about a week who=
did the blood work again and her ALT was down to 694... that was 2 years a=
go at the age of 3 and she is still going strong today... the second vet fe=
lt the test was high because she wasn't eating even though she was getting =
IV's...they said she was eating her kibble but when I brought her home she =
was still skin and bones and NOT eating at all unless I force fed her... Ho=
pefully the first vets were reading the ALT correctly... is there different=
ways of reading this for different animals? Oh, I forgot to mention 4 days=
prior to her getting ill with possible ECE she had a near fatal vaccine re=
action to her distemper shot which put her in the hospital overnight...I do=
n't know if this played a part in the elevated ALT count or not...
Jackie
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