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How can GGTP be lowered? Do I need to take any medications? Is surgery performed as part of the treatment? What could be the causes of increased GGTP? The question is answered by the drug. Katarzyna Darecka.
How can GGTP be lowered?
Good morning, I’m a 55-year-old male and I have liver problems. Recent studies have shown increased levels of the GGTP enzyme. I would like to know how to lower GGTP? Is drug treatment necessary? Will any surgery be needed? Or maybe a healthy diet, avoiding alcohol is enough to cut down on it GGTP enzyme level? I’ve read that an elevated GGTP result can lead to liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, and can contribute to a heart attack and a whole host of bad things. My liver problems are not that serious yet, my pancreas is healthy and my heart tests have shown that it is also fine.
The main problem was drinking too much alcohol, but I’m in therapy. I try to eat properly and not eat too much fatty foods. I think the main one cause of elevated GGTP enzyme there is alcohol, but is it possible that it could only be that? Doctors want to do some more tests, but I don’t remember which ones. What exactly would need to be checked – with what tests – to conclude that high GGTP is only caused by alcohol? Please provide information on how to lower GGTP, because I want to live a little more in this world. Regards.
Your doctor explains how to lower GGTP
GGTP or gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase and its presence in the blood serum is not a pathological symptom, and the normal range of GGTP concentration is 0 to 30 IU / L (however, it depends on the standards of the laboratory where the test is performed). Increased levels of GGTP are found in diseases of the liver, bile ducts of the pancreas, but it can also be elevated in people who take drugs such as barbiturates or phenytoin, or drink large amounts of alcohol. It is also important whether the values of other liver markers are elevated.
If it occurs with the Lord isolated GGTP growth and you are abusing alcohol, this is probably the cause. Increased GGTP alone does not lead to disease, it is only an indicator of already damaged liver.
Alcohol abuse in turn, it leads to fatty liver, which later leads to cirrhosis. This is because the liver is the organ responsible for the metabolism of ethanol, which produces toxic intermediates that lead to liver damage and increased lipogenesis, causing it to become fatty. It is important to find out by ultrasound of the abdominal cavity the patient’s level of alcoholism.
In the treatment of fatty liver and cirrhosis associated with alcoholic liver disease, abstinence as soon as possible is of utmost importance. In people who have fatty liver and have not yet developed cirrhosis, the changes in the liver may be reversible and may disappear under strict adherence to the prohibition of alcohol consumption. Doing so extends life and increases its quality. That is why it is so important in this case to treat alcohol addiction and to maintain abstinence until the end of life.
In addition, patients diagnosed with cirrhosis should be vaccinated against hepatitis A and B and also be treated with a diet, as vitamin deficiencies are very common in people with alcohol problems. Important supplementation of vitamin A, D, thiamine and zinc deficiencies. However, if there are no signs of malnutrition or vitamin deficiency, supplementation is not necessary.
– Lek. Katarzyna Darecka
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