High Gamma GT Levels Without Drinking

[Haileyside]

Hi (and a Good Christmas for everybody!).Does someone here has had high levels of Gamma GT on blodd tests? usually it has something to do with alcohol intoxication. I had it in the last blood tests I did, even if I don't drink too much. I don't know if this may have something to do with twitching or head tremors. What do you think about it?Carlos

 

[simonw00]

Your right that a raised GGT is associated with things like raised alcohol intake and ingestion of certain medications metabolised by the liver. But it has nothig to do with twitches etc. I have a few patients with raised GGT but no obvious cause - as long as you have no relevant symptoms to suggest liver problems then it is nothing to worry about as long as your other liver function tests are normal.RegardsSimon

 

[Haileyside]

It's good to know that. Actually my father told me that my mother also had high levels of Gamma GT while drinking almost no alcohol. She didn't die from a liver problem (she had diabetes and she died from a heart stroke).Thanks!Carlos

 

[Haileyside]

I also was diganosed with an uncomplete right bundle branch block when doing an electrocardiogram (which I did just after doing an electrocardiogram with stress test). So, one brand new thing tu put n the soup! Now I have twitching, vibrating head and arms and, on the test side, hyperrfelexia, high Gamma GT and an uncomplete right bundle branch block! Maybe I should be more anxious with this soup! Carlos

 

[simonw00]

hi carlos. excuse the one handed typing - i am holding the baby so can't do capitals etc! when i did my cardiology run a million years ago i was taught that partial rbbb is of no medical consequence. i have done many ecgs on patients since then and come across a number of perfectly healthy people with partial rbbb... i didn't even bother telling them about it as i understand it to be a variant pf normal and not indicative of cardiac problems. all the best, simon