Liver Enzymes and Celiac Disease

One of the first results I learned from the blood tests done while in the ER two months ago, was that two of my liver enzymes were elevated. They were not extremely high, just elevated. Doing a little more research into the connection between elevated liver enzymes and celiac disease, I came across the website Celiac.com.

In a nutshell, here is what I found:

• Liver abnormalities are fairly common in newly diagnosed CD patients.
• Gluten toxicity and increased intestinal permeability can cause liver abnormalities.
• Serious liver disorders, including cirrhosis, have been found in association with a number of CD cases, and get better with maintaining a gluten-free diet.
• Unexplained aches and pains and other symptoms and disorders which have frequently been reported by some celiacs may be a result of liver dysfunction.
• It is not clear whether some damage to the liver may remain long term even after maintaining a gluten-free diet.

"Elevated liver enzymes are the result of liver enzymes released by damaged liver cells. ... A gluten-free diet for 1 to 10 years resulted in complete normalization of liver chemistry tests in 95% patients."

This particular article from which I gleaned this bit of information was written by Roy S. Jamron, who holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in Engineering Applied Science from the University of California at Davis. He independently investigates the latest research on celiac disease and related disorders.




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