Elevated Alt And Ast Liver Enzymes. Help!

[goblinsmom]

Oh, you guys. I need some help.

Goblin has been anorexic and vomiting for the past several days. He vomits occasionally after eating and usually some depo medrol helps but this time I could tell it was more severe. He couldn't keep water down.

The vet ran a panel and his liver enzymes are really high. ALT is 424 (vet said normal is 27 - 158) and his AST is 159 (normal 16 - 67). The doctor said he would automatically assume some sort of outside toxicity with those numbers, but I can't think of anything he could have gotten into.

He wants to put him on Denamarin and recheck in 30 days.

I'm a wreck. Please tell me all of your experiences with something like this. What am I not thinking of that could cause toxicity? Is my baby going to die?

 

[maggiedemi]

I've heard that activated charcoal capsules can help, ask your vet but I think you have to give them right after they are poisoned? I can't think of anything that could have caused it besides the usual- onions, garlic, lilies, D-con, tomato plants, potato stems, grapes, chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, Lysol.

 

[goblinsmom]

I don't have anything listed above except I do occasionally use aerosol Lysol on my kitchen trash. He wouldn't have actually ingested it that I can think of, but could inhaling it cause this??

 

[maggiedemi]

I don't know, I just stopped using it when I read about the dangers. I would think it would be more dangerous if they walk in it and then groom themselves.

 

[maggiedemi]

How is your little boy doing today? Have you researched Milk Thistle? A member here was just talking about using this today for liver problems, and I thought about you. No harm asking your vet about it. I know activated charcoal can get some poisons out of the system too.

 

[goblinsmom]

Thank you so much for thinking of us enough to check in!

I did speak to the doctor again yesterday evening. Goblin was put on a supplement called Denamarin, which from what I understand has a concentrated amount of milk thistle along with another liver regenerating supplement called sam-e. He doesn't want to treat specifically for poison because he isn't 100% sure that's what it was, and if it is, it would have occurred a week ago so unfortunately it would be too late to leech it from his system. However, on your advice, I am throwing out all my cleaning products! It's vinegar and lemon juice for me from here on out.

I've read really good things about milk thistle and the liver so I have hopes that this will help. Goblin seems to be feeling fine which gives me a lot of hope. The doctor gave him another steroid shot to reduce inflammation, and since then, he has a great appetite and nothing has come back up. So if we are dealing with fatty liver disease, that should help. He's playing and affectionate just like always.

 

[maggiedemi]

I'm so glad he's doing better! Yeah, you can make a mix of vinegar and water, we use that for cleaning almost everything. Lysol and Pine Sol are supposedly the most toxic.