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What Do High Levels Of SGPT And SGOT Indicate?

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Posted on Mon, 7 Dec 2015
Question: my S.G.P.T. Test is 57 and S.G.O.T. is 48 HDL is 39 LDL is 137 and VLDL is 32 is this o.k. for my health ? i am a heavy whisky drinker daily my age is 45 years i am a male weight is 75 k.g. hight is 5.11`` west is 34 incheg
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Answered by Dr. Sandip Kabra (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Will answer one by one all the reports.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,

I have gone through your query and understand the concern.

Any biochemical laboratory reports should be correlated with clinical features.

1) Your SGPT-57 and SGOT-48 are slightly elevated but they do not have any clinical significance especially in the absence clinical symptoms.

Serum SGPT and SGOT are highly sensitive liver function tests.

Therefore, here they can also be raised following fatty meal or even few alcohol drinks as you said you are a heavy whiskey drinker.

2) Also there is no risk involved in your slightly high LDL 137 (normal value 100 to 130),slightly high VLDL 32 (normal value 2 to 30 mg/dl) and HDL-39 (normal value 35 to 55).

However,It is very difficult to say regarding health condition from just a liver function tests and lipid profile reports but borderline HDL with slightly elevated LDL-VLDL values are considered as a higher risk of cardiovascular problems in future with considering of your heavy drinking (which is also to be believed to be one of the risk factor for cardio-vasular problem in future).

3) Your BMI is around 23.80 (Taking height-178 cm and weight 75 kg) which is completely normal.

So,finally it is difficult to comment on health status from just few medical blood reports but yes,all your reports are almost normal or we can they do not have any clinical significance especially when you do not have any clinical symptoms or signs.

In your case,heavy drinking must be curtailed and you can have occasional drinking which is not so harmful.

Hope this will help you.Feel free to ask if you have any more query.

Regards,

Dr.Sandip Kabra
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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Follow up: Dr. Sandip Kabra (18 hours later)
Thank you very much sir now i am going to be a occasional drinking of whisky thank you very much sir for your advice, i was worried you gave my all answers. i was confused that i have some serious liver problem and somebody advise me to go for liver transplant ...........oh god now i am happy to consult you dr. XXXXXXX kabra ji i am from XXXXXXX XXXXXXX are you from XXXXXXX ?
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Answered by Dr. Sandip Kabra (16 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
No need to worry.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for the positive feed back.

As we discussed, your all reports are almost normal or have no clinical significance,so there is no question about any serious liver problem and liver transplant.

Somebody must have misguided you.Kindly never believe non-medical or even para-medical person's statements rather always prefer to consult the appropriate technical person of the respective field.

Even heavy drinking is not always cause serious liver damage but it would not be advisable since it may have also some cardio-vascular problem in future if one continues to take it for a longer period of time.

Rather occasional drinking or mild drinking on special occasions would be preferred which is not so harmful to the liver in an otherwise healthy person.

And lastly,I am not from XXXXXXX but some where else from Rajsthan.

If you have no more query then kindly close our discussion with feed back comments.

Wishing good health.

Regards,

Dr.Sandip Kabra

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What Do High Levels Of SGPT And SGOT Indicate?

Brief Answer: Will answer one by one all the reports. Detailed Answer: Hi, Welcome to health care magic, I have gone through your query and understand the concern. Any biochemical laboratory reports should be correlated with clinical features. 1) Your SGPT-57 and SGOT-48 are slightly elevated but they do not have any clinical significance especially in the absence clinical symptoms. Serum SGPT and SGOT are highly sensitive liver function tests. Therefore, here they can also be raised following fatty meal or even few alcohol drinks as you said you are a heavy whiskey drinker. 2) Also there is no risk involved in your slightly high LDL 137 (normal value 100 to 130),slightly high VLDL 32 (normal value 2 to 30 mg/dl) and HDL-39 (normal value 35 to 55). However,It is very difficult to say regarding health condition from just a liver function tests and lipid profile reports but borderline HDL with slightly elevated LDL-VLDL values are considered as a higher risk of cardiovascular problems in future with considering of your heavy drinking (which is also to be believed to be one of the risk factor for cardio-vasular problem in future). 3) Your BMI is around 23.80 (Taking height-178 cm and weight 75 kg) which is completely normal. So,finally it is difficult to comment on health status from just few medical blood reports but yes,all your reports are almost normal or we can they do not have any clinical significance especially when you do not have any clinical symptoms or signs. In your case,heavy drinking must be curtailed and you can have occasional drinking which is not so harmful. Hope this will help you.Feel free to ask if you have any more query. Regards, Dr.Sandip Kabra