My brother is 65 and an alcoholic. His doctor is doing more blood and urine tests because certain enzymes were abnormally high concerning his liver. He has already been diagnosed with pancreatitis. As of today, he is seriously jaundiced and very tired. What do you believe will be the diagnosis with his liver? I am expecting cirrhosis and a downhill spiral from here.
Hello! Thanks for putting your query in Chat Doctor. I am a Gastroenterologist (DM). You haven't mentioned which enzyme is elevated. I hope either it is GOT/SGPT or serum alkaline phosphatase, but again what about bilirubin (haven't mentioned that also). I will advise you to upload these reports.However, it may be because of intake of alcohol. Other possibilities may be obesity, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Autoimmune liver diseases he needs to be investigated for these before anything can be diagnosed hope I have answered your query and this will help you. If you have any further query I will be happy to answer that too. Remain in touch and get-well soon.