Types

• AST is widely distributed with high concentrations in the liver, heart, skeletal muscles, kidney, and erythrocytes. Damage or disease to any of these tissues such as myocardial infarction, viral hepatitis , liver necrosis, cirrhosis, and muscular dystrophy may result in raised levels of AST
• Although elevated serum AST is not specifi...

Description

10-40 U/L

When to get Tested

• When there is s/s of liver disease ( weakness , fatigue , loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting , Jaundice, Dark urine, light coloured stools, pruritus, swelling in the legs and ankles, tendency to bruise easily)
• People who are at an increased risk for liver diseases( who are exposed to Hepatitis viruses, heavy drinkers, h/o liver disease in family, taking drugs that can damage liver)

Elevated Level

• Acute haemolytic anaemia 
• Acute pancreatitis
• Acute Renal Failure
• Hepatic Cirrhosis
• Hepatic Necrosis
• Hepatitis
• Infection Mononucleosis
• Liver Cancer
• Reye’s syndrome
• Multiple trauma
• Duchenne muscular dystrophy
• Myocardial Infarction ( peaks 24 hrs after Infarct and returns to normal 3-7 days later)
• Severe deep burn

Decreased Level

• Uremia
• Vit B6 Deficiency