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Liver tests (Scans (MRI (An MRI scan can detect the difference between a…

- - - - A waste product made out of broken down old or damaged red blood cells that indicates a blockage in your bile duct.
        
        A blockage in your bile duct can be caused by alcoholic liver disease
    - - Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
        
        Most specifically indicates damage done to liver cells
        
        Also indicates damage done to muscle cells so can be raised following heavy exercise
        
        Also rises the older you are
      - Aspartate transferase
        
        Less good at indicating damage done to liver cells than ALT is
      - Alkaline phosphatase
        
        Also less good at indicating damage done to liver cells than ALT is
      - Gamma–glutamyltransferase
        
        An indicator of alcohol-related liver disease. Also the most sensitive measure of alcohol consumption. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917983/
        
        It can also be high for other reasons, including when someone has diabetes, high blood pressure or high triglycerides
        
        if you do have a high GGT level, this indicates that you’re at a relatively higher risk of dying (from any cause) than other people are who have a low GGT level https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9144754
    - - Albumin
        
        A protein that helps to keep fluid pressures in the body stable and carries various substances in the body. It might decrease if you have chronic liver disease, esp. if it's getting worse. Can also be low if you have a protein deficiency.
      - Globulin
      - Total protein
        
        The liver makes nearly all the proteins that go into your blood and so when the liver cells die, your total protein measure in your blood will go down. https://academic.oup.com/labmed/article/45/1/e25/2657886