I am 55 overweight by 65 lbs or so. I have swelling in my feet ankles and legs. My alk phos level is 125 and my platelets are low at 95. I stopped drinking and started again. I also had gone as salt free as possible for months and no red meat. Issues of depression and grief and I slowly have gone back to a couple of strong drinks a day and salty diet. Can this be cirrhosis?? Is 125 very high.
Dear patient, As your history suggest you have been a chronic alcoholic, and that means you are suffering from chronic liver damage, by alcohol, called as alcoholic liver disease, the spectrum of this disease is from fat accumulation in the liver called fatty liver to destruction of the liver cells when we call it cirrhosis. You could be anywhere in the spectrum, I recommend you to go through liver function tests to see if its working normally, I must tell you that liver is the master organ, and its non-functioning can surely cause swelling in the feet, Take care with the limb cleanness, thoroughly, keep it Chat Doctor.