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@phylliserin Welcome to Connect. I am really sorry to hear about your daughter. The AST and ALT results do sound high.

If a number of things were out of range I think it would be cause for concern. Is she at risk for liver problems? This link from Mayo tells causes and symptoms. I had liver disease -- cirrhosis. Mine was caused by fatty liver. Most people with fatty liver are overweight, which I was, but some people are not, it's just their diet that causes it. Other causes are mentioned in the Mayo article.
I didn't think a hospital could send a sick person home for lack of insurance. Does she have Medicaid? It does sound as if she should have some medical attention. I thought pretty much everyone was insured these days through ACA if they had no insurance other than that. I hope you are able to get her the attention she needs, I will definitely be interested in hearing what the doctor says.
JK

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Thank you, JK. She is at risk because she has a bad diet and of alcoholism. She is not terribly overweight however. I think they just sent her home assuming that her labs for potassium and magnesium were all that were of concern. I think that it was oversight and that they did not consider the liver profile as a factor or did not want to because of the lack of insurance. It is sad but true.