COVID-19
INACTIVE - Follow-up of COVID-19

Aleksander (48 years old)

Aleksander, a 48-year-old male patient with a BMI of 32, recently survived COVID-19. He complains of hardness in the right upper abdomen, nausea, diarrhoea, and icteric sclera.

From his medical history you know that he was not hospitalised and had a moderate COVID-19 with fever, i.e. he took 3 g of paracetamol daily over the last 8 days. He has no relevant past medical history.

His lab findings report abnormalities in the liver function tests (LFT):

  • ALT: 3x the normal rate (3N)
  • AST: 2N
  • ALP: 1.5N

What is the most likely reason of the increased LFT in this patient?