High liver function in pregnant women usually refers to elevated aminotransferases, which can be caused by dietary factors, excessive folic acid supplementation, viral hepatitis, and other triggers. Generally, it can be improved through diet, medication, surgery and other treatments.
1. Dietary factors: some pregnant women are over-nourished during pregnancy and consume too much greasy food, which may lead to high liver function of pregnant women. Dietary factors lead to high aminotransferase, it is recommended that pregnant women adjust their diet and eat light food, aminotransferase will usually return to normal with the metabolism of the body.
2. Excessive folic acid supplementation: Pregnant women usually take folic acid supplements during pregnancy to prevent fetal malformations. When too much folic acid supplementation may cause damage to the nerve tissue, and then the body metabolism is abnormal, some pregnant women show that the body’s aminotransferase increased, while the bilirubin index is normal. It is generally recommended that pregnant women stop taking folic acid for 2 to 4 weeks, and then continue to take it after the liver function returns to normal.
3. Viral hepatitis: patients with viral hepatitis due to infection with hepatitis virus. It will damage liver function, and some pregnant women show elevated liver function. If necessary, you can follow the doctor to take lamivudine tablets or entecavir tablets, etc. to inhibit viral replication.
Pregnant women with high liver function and the cause is not known, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time, to clarify the cause of the disease, symptomatic and cause-specific diagnosis and treatment.