I am no expert but I believe it is the inflamation in your liver is going down. Yes this is good I think 40 to 50 is normal. All the best and take good care.

Hugs from Doug

Yes. This is a good thing. Your ALT levels should be in the range of 15 to 65, at 98 is the danger zone when your doc will start to worry. In order to start treatment your levels need to be twice the amount and yours seem to be up there but they are also coming down so this is good. My levels jumped from 65 to 520 in a year period. That was when my doc decided I should do treatment, I am also a geno type 3a so I had a good chance of clearing the virus....which I di. Because your levels are going down you may get them undrer the danger zone. If not your doc may give you the option of doing treatment. Hope all works out for you. Love and Prayers Ramona xoxoxoxo

thank you ramona for replying, I will do the treatment if my levels went as high as yours did 520 is a lot, but they keep on reducing every time since I decided to try and be very healthy. God bless gillr

when i started treatment, my ALT or SGPT'S were 107, now after 6 monts of meds and i'm done (G2) my alt's are 59. my doctor says they might go back to normal in time, but keep in mind that you do have stage 2 liver damage, so they might still be levated.

ALT tests determine liver injury. they measure different enzymes in the liver.

your alts look good now but 6 months of tx ? has the virus gone? do you feel ok now?

yes, the virus is gone. undetectable!! but, we'll see in a 6 month check up.

how do i feel??
i've been off the meds for 2 weeks now. the first 4 days were awful!!!!!!!! then good and bad. the last 3 days were ok, just starting to get little bursts of energy back and not feeling tired during the day. my appitite is really good too. my mind is sharper, skin is better. no more bad moods.

but my doctor also reminded me that in some people it can take 3 to 6 months to get back to normal again. plus...... depending on your liver damage, that can alter on how you feel too.

but i'm just glad i'm off the meds! that was the worst 6 months of my life!!

if you have a copy of your first blood tests and dont know what they mean, you can GOOGLE what you want to know and it will tell you everything.....

hand in there.........

I dont have a copy of the first ones, just frm a few months ago, the viral load I have googled it but dont understand log wots its and how you times the numbers, so if you know can you help, they the nurse said there is no point in doing another viral load check as I am not doing treatment, it takes ages to comprehend just what I have got, and they at the hosp are not very good at explainig !!

I dont have a copy of the first ones, just frm a few months ago, the viral load I have googled it but dont understand log wots its and how you times the numbers, so if you know can you help, they the nurse said there is no point in doing another viral load check as I am not doing treatment, it takes ages to comprehend just what I have got, and they at the hosp are not very good at explainig !!

i didn't know our alt had to beup there 4 tx...my boyfriend just put in the order for his pegasys/ riba his alt last month was 42 and is up to 80 now, but the doc was planning on letting him go ahead w/ tx no matter what. cuz he wants it is type 2b and young and in good health (overall)

A nice range for your ALT is 12-48; above that's something to watch.
Some sites for you to check:
http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/alt/test.html

http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/alanine-aminotransferase-alt
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/aspartate-aminotransferase-ast

Your ALT/AST do not need to be at a certain level to do tx.

Mine were just fine - in the 20s - yet I did tx.
Yours are decreasing so I would see that as a good thing for you.

Take a look at the links to get more info on ALT and AST values and what they mean to your health.

thanxs fo replies. at this hospital in uk maybe they measure differently on my notes it says normal alt is 14-54, and at the last count was 132 down 59 from may, and before that it was 232, so it has consistantly gone down, just had it done again , get results wednesday 31 oct, you see I dont want to do tx, its on offer but I dont trust it, IM not young anymore, and dont want to risk the debilitys that you are very likely to have never mind the sides,I have no probs with my health other than high blood pressure which is controlled with meds, and is good, and high blood pressure does not go with ribaviron, if you google it brain haemorredge and ribaviron , just see what it comes up with!! it says not to give it to people with high blood presure, as stastics show brain haemorredges have occured , I dont trust the medical staff, and feel guinea piggish, I also have high ferratin levels [iron overload] in my liver, which stops tx from being very effective, not to mention a lot of fibrosis, THINK ILL JUST TRUST GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST

sorry google high blood pressure and ribiviron

my ast runs from 24 to 30 and my alt runs 22 to 34,anything below 40-45 in these frusntions or normal. When I started tx 6 years ago my ast was 74, geno2a stage 3 fiborsis