High ALT, low Platelets, high SSB

[danp123]

I'm 40/male and my doctor doesn't know why my ALT is high.  It's tested high for a couple years.  (I've only had it tested for a couple years so I haven't had a low reading).  I feel fine, my doctor thought I might be drinking, but I'm not.  I also have high SSB, but no signs of sjogrens.  I've had all the tests for hepitis and boold tests for celiac (I tried going on a gluten free diet for 2 months when I felt some minor digestion discomfort).  Still the ALT was high.
My abnormal readings were as follows:
ALT=78
Direct Bilirubi .3 mg/dL
Platelets 114 K/uL
MPV 9.3 fL
SSB 96 Units
I also recently got vitillago but that's hereditary.

I am taking fish oil which helped lower my cholesterol.  I've read that can raise ALT.  My acupuncturist pressed on spots on my body to see if there was any thing wrong with my kidney, liver, appendex... and everything was fine in his opinion.  I went to a GI specialist and he took a couple more blood tests that didn't show anything.

Maybe I have a parasite from eating strange stuff?  Are my numbers very bad?

[danp123]

Yeah, I probably need to see a specialist to track down what my auto-immune disease is.  I've already asked my doctor about many auto immune diseases and she said I didn't have them.  My mom's platelets were 124, so I probably have the same things she has.

[Christopher R Watters, MD]

I would be more concerned with the low platelet count than the barely elevated ALT.

[danp123]

It's probably my auto-immune disease that's causing abnormal blood readings.     I also heard 78 alt isn't that bad.  My mom probably has the same auto immune disease because her platelets are also low and she has vitilago too.  I have to find out what the auto-immune disease is, but I've asked my doctor about a number of them and she said I didn't have those.

[S. Kaul, MD]

Hi there!

Raised ALT levels are associated with a number of conditions including infections, inflammations, alcohol intake, micronutrient deficiencies etc. Isolated mild increase without derangement of other parameters should not be a cause for concern, though there could be an autoimmune cause associated in the situation.
Hope this information is helpful.

Take care!