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What Do Lipase Level Of 499 And Amylase Level Of 80 Indicate?
Brief Answer:
chronic conditions
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
HIGH lipase and LOW/NORMAL amylase may indicate chronic pancreatitis, liver disease, pancreatic cancer and pancreatic insufficiency (pancreas not working as well as it should).
Lipase is produced by the pancreas, liver ,intestine, tongue , stomach and a few other areas.
The upper limit in most labs is approx 160 U/L though this can vary from one lab to the next.
There are some labs that may have lower limits.
High levels may be due to different causes.
Amylase can have an upper limit of 140 U/L though some labs have an upper limit of 85 U/l.
Amylase would normally go up in acute (short term, recent onset) conditions such as pancreatitis, gall bladder attack, intestinal block etc but would not go up in chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, pancreatic insufficiency (pancreas not working as it should), liver disease.
High lipase and normal amylase may indicate one of these long term conditions- chronic pancreatitis , pancreatic cancer or pancreatic insufficiency, liver disease
chronic conditions
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
HIGH lipase and LOW/NORMAL amylase may indicate chronic pancreatitis, liver disease, pancreatic cancer and pancreatic insufficiency (pancreas not working as well as it should).
Lipase is produced by the pancreas, liver ,intestine, tongue , stomach and a few other areas.
The upper limit in most labs is approx 160 U/L though this can vary from one lab to the next.
There are some labs that may have lower limits.
High levels may be due to different causes.
Amylase can have an upper limit of 140 U/L though some labs have an upper limit of 85 U/l.
Amylase would normally go up in acute (short term, recent onset) conditions such as pancreatitis, gall bladder attack, intestinal block etc but would not go up in chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, pancreatic insufficiency (pancreas not working as it should), liver disease.
High lipase and normal amylase may indicate one of these long term conditions- chronic pancreatitis , pancreatic cancer or pancreatic insufficiency, liver disease
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
What would be the next step? Is it normal to wait a month to get retested? Could the high lipase level be temporary? Are their any symptoms such as pain and weight loss I could expect? Are there medications that could be prescribed?
Brief Answer:
would need specific diagnosis for treatment
Detailed Answer:
HI
Retesting is necessary, doing this in a month is fine.
During that time period you may want to consider an abdominal ultrasound to take a look at the abdomen specifically the pancreas and liver to see if there are any issues that can explain the problem
Since the cause of the high lipase is not known (and possibly the repeat may show a decrease), the specific symptoms would not be known.
If it is related to one of the conditions mentioned then weight loss can occur.
Medications would be given if the repeat lipase or the ultrasound show any problems.
Would need a specific diagnosis to treat
Please feel free to ask any other questions
would need specific diagnosis for treatment
Detailed Answer:
HI
Retesting is necessary, doing this in a month is fine.
During that time period you may want to consider an abdominal ultrasound to take a look at the abdomen specifically the pancreas and liver to see if there are any issues that can explain the problem
Since the cause of the high lipase is not known (and possibly the repeat may show a decrease), the specific symptoms would not be known.
If it is related to one of the conditions mentioned then weight loss can occur.
Medications would be given if the repeat lipase or the ultrasound show any problems.
Would need a specific diagnosis to treat
Please feel free to ask any other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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