all confused

hiya everyone  k 

My hubby had a bowel op in december and had cancer removed  went into liver  so was put on immmopthy  and all great move treatment  to every 6 weeks  got bloods done and all are very good  red cell white  markers  and al lthe rest  but the alt and the ast  are up  form last time   hes in great form and weight is good 

Dr said i maybe inflammation from the  immumotherphy  has left it a week to get more bloods done  was a scan done last friday but no results,back yet  

Has any one seem this before  she taked about steriods  but want to see if it comes down without any help ,as second test she done for liver one was down to 44   but the other was up from 68 to 69  

Only thing different  this month has been  he was put on a blood pressure med  wood that effect liver 20mg

Any help advice wodo be appricated  thanks 

  • Hello Shellie12 and thanks for posting,

    I am sorry to learn about the changes in your husband's liver tests and can understand you having questions about why this has happened.

    I don't know if the blood pressure medicines are responsible, I suppose it is possible but it might be unlikely, however do ask the doctors when you have the chance.

    Certain types of immunotherapy treatment for cancer can cause inflammation of several organs including the liver, this is usually treated with steroids so I think this might be what the doctors are looking into. It doesn't sound like they are sure yet and they may need the scan results to decide.

    Waiting to get to the bottom of something like this is inevitably unsettling, I hope you both get more information from the hospital soon. 

    Give us a ring if you want to talk anything over.  Our number is Freephone 0808 800 4040 and we are around from 9-5, weekdays.

    All the best,

    Julia