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Is this autoimmune hepatitis? scared :-(?

My husband had elevated AST and ALT levels during his recent blood test. His AST is 218 and ALT of 89.
He was recently diagnosed ( 1 month ago) of Hashimotos thyroiditis. I am concerned as some people say it might be autoimmune hepatitis. All his other liver enzymes values came out normal. He does not have any hepatitis type of symptoms. If anyone has any information about possibilities of autoimmune hepatitis (since he has thyroid problem) please answer my Question.

He obviously has some type of problem if his counts are up but its hard to tell if it's autoimmune hepatitis. The best way to know is have his ANA checked and possibly a liver biopsy. A few other symptoms you can watch out for is jaundice, joint pain, abdominal pain (on the right side), fatigue, nausea, swelling of the liver, and loss of appetite. Those are pretty common if its hepatitis. His counts are high enough that they should be watched but not high enough to stress too much. It's pretty unlikely that it's AIH given his gender and age (most common in teenage and young women). Just get him checked out and if you are still really worried, go to a GI specialist. They are pretty good about finding out what's wrong. Good luck.

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