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CaponeTheYorkie · 03-11-2019, 07:24 PM

Capone is 8 years old and has has had high liver enzyme levels for several years now. A previous vet kind of shrugged it off and said if he had a liver shunt he would of had symptoms by now and said some dogs just have higher
levels.

So, about two months ago I took him to to get his teeth cleaned and opted to do an ultrasound with it, given his past history of elevated levels. The vet tells me everything from the ultrasound seems normal (he had some sludge in his gall bladder though) and he told me to put him on a senior diet. His ALT levels are at 390 so he perscribes me Denamirin to see if that helps. I take him back after a month on the medicine and his levels are even higher 420. He now recommends a BAT and then a biopsy. I have scheduled another month of the medicine. I just need some time to do research and decide what to do now. I’m planning on doing the BAT in a month.

My question is should I now ask to be referred to a specalist? He told me for the biopsy he would need to call in a specialist to do an ultrasound and then after reviewing the results move on to the biopsy. I’m just nervous to do such an invasive precedure on my little baby. But at the same time I’ll do whatever is the best thing for him.

03-11-2019, 07:24 PM	#1
CaponeTheYorkie Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: texas Posts: 52	Need advice for high ALT levels Capone is 8 years old and has has had high liver enzyme levels for several years now. A previous vet kind of shrugged it off and said if he had a liver shunt he would of had symptoms by now and said some dogs just have higher levels. So, about two months ago I took him to to get his teeth cleaned and opted to do an ultrasound with it, given his past history of elevated levels. The vet tells me everything from the ultrasound seems normal (he had some sludge in his gall bladder though) and he told me to put him on a senior diet. His ALT levels are at 390 so he perscribes me Denamirin to see if that helps. I take him back after a month on the medicine and his levels are even higher 420. He now recommends a BAT and then a biopsy. I have scheduled another month of the medicine. I just need some time to do research and decide what to do now. I’m planning on doing the BAT in a month. My question is should I now ask to be referred to a specalist? He told me for the biopsy he would need to call in a specialist to do an ultrasound and then after reviewing the results move on to the biopsy. I’m just nervous to do such an invasive precedure on my little baby. But at the same time I’ll do whatever is the best thing for him.