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Bookmark or Share- Elevated liver enzymes Causes - Mayo ClinicMany diseases, medications and conditions can cause elevated liver enzymes. Your healthcare team will review your medicines and symptoms and sometimes prescribe other tests and procedures to find the cause.
- Liver function tests - Mayo ClinicAlkaline phosphatase (ALP). ALP is an enzyme found in the liver and bone and is important for breaking down proteins. Higher-than-usual levels of ALP may mean liver damage or disease, such as a blocked bile duct, or certain bone diseases, as this enzyme is also present in bones.
- Paget's disease of bone - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo ClinicIf you don't have symptoms, you might not need treatment. However, if the disease is active — indicated by an elevated alkaline phosphatase level — and is affecting high-risk sites in your body, such as your skull or spine, your doctor might recommend treatment to prevent complications, even if you don't have symptoms.
- Citrate (oral route) - Mayo ClinicTo make the urine more alkaline (less acidic): Children—At first, 1 to 3 teaspoonfuls of solution, mixed with water or juice, four times a day after meals and at bedtime. Your doctor may change the dose if needed. For oral dosage form (crystals for solution): To make the urine or blood more alkaline (less acidic) and to prevent kidney stones:
- Ankylosing spondylitis - Symptoms & causes - Mayo ClinicAnkylosing spondylitis, also known as axial spondyloarthritis, is an inflammatory disease that, over time, can cause some of the bones in the spine, called vertebrae, to fuse.
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