In a message dated 2/4/2005 12:04:33 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time,
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i  can only guess if it's anything to do with the slowed metabolism, and
the  liver being part of our metabolic system thus showing  abnormal
readings.  but this is just a theory and i haven't researched  it. >>>>
That was a really good intuitive call on what seems to be the cause of the
elevated liver enzymes! Indeed, there are several kinds of live problems that
result from low thyroid activity. When the metabolism of the liver is
sluggish,  it is no longer able to break down toxins, hormones, and pro-vitamins
(vitamin  precursors like beta carotene for vitamin A). It may also have difficulty
taking  bilirubin out of the blood, and putting it into the bile.

So, people can end up with a kind of jaundice that raises liver enzymes.
I've only seen one person with this, a woman who was diagnosed as being the
youngest person with "Cholistatic Jaundice in Indiana University Medical  Center's
history. They wrote her up, did a liver biopsy, and the whole thing  cleared
and her cholesterol dropped a few hundred points on thyroid replacement.  I
did a literature search when this came up, and she fit the profile nicely.  They
think that the drugs they gave her did it, we all know what I think did it.

Either way, it is less important who helps the patient than it is that the
patient gets helped.

Doc  Don




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