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Liver Transplant (Expert Forum)
mono affecting liver
Answered by
Thomas D Schiano, MD - Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Liver Transplantation, Hepatology
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York - NY
Questions posted in the Liver Transplant . Forum are answered by medical professionals from The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
mono affecting liver
by Megan97, Jul 30, 2009 11:23PM
i am 17 years old and tested positive for mono 3 weeks ago. WHen they did blood tests they also confirmed that my liver enzymes were high (AST=72 and ALT=114) there were two doctors and one said not to worry about it it was a side affect of the mono but the main doctor said that he was concerned about it which had me worried. i have to have another blood test in a week to see if the levels go back to normal. are my levels higher then most that get mono and have elevated enzymes? and when i asked a nurse what would happen if they enzymes did not go back to normal she just said your young dont worry about it but i really want to know what would happen if the levels did not go back?
Doctor's Answer
by Thomas D Schiano, MD, Jul 31, 2009 07:53PM
, Jul 31, 2009 07:53PM
mono can definitely cause such abnormal liver tests and they can actually be much much higher. Almost definitely they will normalize when the monmo goes away.
