Liver function tests, abnormal. Any advice?

pplc123

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I actually tried to post on various health forums all to no avail but it seems there is a more informed crowd here.

A little background of myself. I'm 29, I used to have a cocaine problem. I'd binge drink and take excessive amount of cocaine on a fairly regular basis. I also may of done this at times whilst on steroids, including oral dianobol.

I've felt ill for the past 7 months now symptoms include but are not limited to severe fatigue, some days I've slept 14 hours in a day like I just needed to catch up. Dizziness at the height this was borderline vertigo which lead to an incorrect diagnosis of menieres disease. Sometimes I still feel pressure in my head/ears though.

2 weeks ago I went to my GP complaining the symptoms were just not getting any better and he ordered blood and urine analysis.

Urine came back with high lymphocytes (approx double the range)
Blood in urine (double the range)

Bloods came back:

AST - 324 (<35)
ALT -84 (<40)
Bilirubin - 35 umol/L (<17)

glucose was a tiny bit low but nothing to worry about and HDL was a bit low but again nothing I'm too concerned about.

At first I tried to convince myself it was because of medication betahistin I had been taking for menieres or that it was due to a heavy workout I'd had a couple of days prior.

Unfortunately I was tested again the other day and the new results are somewhat similar although AST has dropped significantly.

AST - 44
ALT - 81
Bilirubin - 25

But additional testing caming through this time which indicates calcium levels slightly above the range too. I've read that high calcium levels are linked to hyperparathyroidism but my Thyroid levels are all in normal range, infact everything else is in normal range.

I have an ultrasound in 10 days but I'm relatively worried and I'm considering paying for a private ultrasound to speed up the process amongst other reasons.

Im left clueless as to what the problem is. Any help is appreciated?
 
I actually tried to post on various health forums all to no avail but it seems there is a more informed crowd here.

A little background of myself. I'm 29, I used to have a cocaine problem. I'd binge drink and take excessive amount of cocaine on a fairly regular basis. I also may of done this at times whilst on steroids, including oral dianobol.

I've felt ill for the past 7 months now symptoms include but are not limited to severe fatigue, some days I've slept 14 hours in a day like I just needed to catch up. Dizziness at the height this was borderline vertigo which lead to an incorrect diagnosis of menieres disease. Sometimes I still feel pressure in my head/ears though.

2 weeks ago I went to my GP complaining the symptoms were just not getting any better and he ordered blood and urine analysis.

Urine came back with high lymphocytes (approx double the range)
Blood in urine (double the range)

Bloods came back:

AST - 324 (<35)
ALT -84 (<40)
Bilirubin - 35 umol/L (<17)

glucose was a tiny bit low but nothing to worry about and HDL was a bit low but again nothing I'm too concerned about.

At first I tried to convince myself it was because of medication betahistin I had been taking for menieres or that it was due to a heavy workout I'd had a couple of days prior.

Unfortunately I was tested again the other day and the new results are somewhat similar although AST has dropped significantly.

AST - 44
ALT - 81
Bilirubin - 25

But additional testing caming through this time which indicates calcium levels slightly above the range too. I've read that high calcium levels are linked to hyperparathyroidism but my Thyroid levels are all in normal range, infact everything else is in normal range.

I have an ultrasound in 10 days but I'm relatively worried and I'm considering paying for a private ultrasound to speed up the process amongst other reasons.

Im left clueless as to what the problem is. Any help is appreciated?

So when blood was taken what meds were you on recreational or other? Did you binge drink the 1-2 days before the test. Honestly I would do a repeat analysis of your blood work as this could have been a lab error. High calcium levels are from adrenal and thyroid imbalance as well as vitamin D deficiency. Proper evalaution needs to be done on you completely in order to find the root cause
 
The only medication I was on was betahistine 8mg x2 daily. I haven't drank more than maybe 5 drinks in 6 months. Since I've been ill, I've just ate and lived clean this has been 6 months now.

The first test was on 05.01.12 the second test was on 17.01.12

To note the first test was from a diff lab than the second.. both are elevated so the chances of 2 seperate labs both making mistakes are pretty slim
 
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