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How Are Elevated Liver Enzymes, High Glucose Levels And Vitamin-D Deficiency Linked?
Question: Is there a link between elevated liver enzymes and
vitamin d deficiency and high glucose levels?
vitamin d deficiency and high glucose levels?
Brief Answer:
Does not seem to be related
Detailed Answer:
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I do not think that there is any correlation between raised liver enzymes, vitamin D deficiency and high glucose levels. Vitamin D deficiency is a very common finding and can be seen in most individuals. Liver enzymes may be affected by certain viral infections or due to liver problems. High blood glucose could result from diabetes or stress.
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Dr. Diptanshu Das
Does not seem to be related
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I do not think that there is any correlation between raised liver enzymes, vitamin D deficiency and high glucose levels. Vitamin D deficiency is a very common finding and can be seen in most individuals. Liver enzymes may be affected by certain viral infections or due to liver problems. High blood glucose could result from diabetes or stress.
Hope that helps.
If you found my answer helpful, please close the thread with a positive review and a 5 star rating.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
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Dr. Yogesh D
This is in a 9 year old. What kind of liver problems could they possibly be. What kind of test should I ask for to see if it is the iron in our water because sometimes I run a bathtub of water and it is orange from all the iron.
Brief Answer:
A liver function test can give an idea about the health of the liver.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.
Infective viral hepatitis could be water borne and hence related. But before assuming that your child has such an infection, I would like to know what clinical presentations does he have? Furthermore, I would like to know why you are getting such tests done. We treat patients, not reports.
In case you want, you can get a liver function test done. But the exact investigations depend specifically on the symptoms your child has.
Using a standard water filter should take care of the hardness of water.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
A liver function test can give an idea about the health of the liver.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.
Infective viral hepatitis could be water borne and hence related. But before assuming that your child has such an infection, I would like to know what clinical presentations does he have? Furthermore, I would like to know why you are getting such tests done. We treat patients, not reports.
In case you want, you can get a liver function test done. But the exact investigations depend specifically on the symptoms your child has.
Using a standard water filter should take care of the hardness of water.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
She didn't have any symptoms that I know of. They do a yearly blood draw. I didn't know it checked anything other than glucose and cholesterol. I know they do those because we have diabetes and heart disease on both sides of the family. I like to know worst case because it seems like less of a shock if it is while I hope for the best. The Dr. said all of these things in front of her and now she acts and feels like she's going to die from this. I reassure her it's nothing but she still wants answers as to why. She's very intelligent and has been searching on the internet about it and is asking about things related to elevated liver enzymes. I don't know all the answers to give her. She has shown me some VERY scary things that I don't know how she could even have contracted and I tell her there's no way it's those things. How or what should I be telling her about the elevated enzymes? The glucose levels we know about. She just asks what if I'm diabetic? We kind of know about diabetes although not juvenile diabetes, but she's more worried about her liver.
Brief Answer:
You should explain it to her what I say
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back. I understand the situation but strongly insist that there is no reason to panic. There is no reason to die just because of elevated liver enzymes or raised blood glucose. After listening to me you should not be worried and in fact explain your daughter. She is minor would not understand the medical terms on the internet as simply as a doctor here explains. If necessary I speak to her here. Ask your daughter to interact with me directly through this platform and I would surely try to give her the answers she seeks. She can surely search the internet, but she needs to precisely know what to search for. There could be many conditions manifesting with those changes, but it is not necessary for her to have the conditions. Tell her that I, a doctor, have reassured her that there is no reason to get anxious. In fact, the anxiety could have elevated the stress hormones leading to increased glucose levels.
I would insist that you upload the reports using the upload facility on the right upper side of this page. I would carefully consider them and suggest what is best to be done.
I would wait to hear back from you.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
You should explain it to her what I say
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back. I understand the situation but strongly insist that there is no reason to panic. There is no reason to die just because of elevated liver enzymes or raised blood glucose. After listening to me you should not be worried and in fact explain your daughter. She is minor would not understand the medical terms on the internet as simply as a doctor here explains. If necessary I speak to her here. Ask your daughter to interact with me directly through this platform and I would surely try to give her the answers she seeks. She can surely search the internet, but she needs to precisely know what to search for. There could be many conditions manifesting with those changes, but it is not necessary for her to have the conditions. Tell her that I, a doctor, have reassured her that there is no reason to get anxious. In fact, the anxiety could have elevated the stress hormones leading to increased glucose levels.
I would insist that you upload the reports using the upload facility on the right upper side of this page. I would carefully consider them and suggest what is best to be done.
I would wait to hear back from you.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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