Liver enzymes

16/10/2025

Interpreting Liver Blood Tests in the UK: ALT, ALP and Bilirubin — Mechanisms, Patterns, and What NAFLD/NASH, ARLD and Gallstones Do to Them

Disclaimer Educational overview for clinicians and informed readers; not individual medical advice. Following my recent entry regarding LFT’s I though I follow this up with this blog entry: Why these three markers matter “Liver function tests” (LFTs) are misnamed: ALT and ALP are primarily injury/excretory markers, while bilirubin reports excretory capacity and, when high, overall Read more
06/10/2025

The Curious Case of the Liver Enzymes (or: Why My Wife Thinks I Don’t Know My Job)

Disclaimer: This blog post is brought to you by the Department of “Apparently I Know Nothing.” Any resemblance to real domestic discussions is entirely intentional. Medical information below is accurate (because yes, I do actually know my job), but the tone is—how shall we put it—somewhere between “Dad joke” and “mild existential sigh.” The Interrogation Read more

Interpreting Liver Blood Tests in the UK: ALT, ALP and Bilirubin — Mechanisms, Patterns, and What NAFLD/NASH, ARLD and Gallstones Do to Them