Detecting high ammonia levels in your blood can help doctors diagnose and treat liver disease before it progresses and becomes life threatening. Ammonia is a substance made of hydrogen and nitrogen.

Higher than normal blood ammonia levels are called hyperammonemia. Acceptable levels depend on age and sex but range from about 42 µg/dL in infants to 200 µg/dL adults assigned male at birth. When you ...

Treatments for high ammonia levels aim to reduce the amount of ammonia in the blood and manage complications. A person may also require treatment for a condition causing elevated ammonia levels. High ...

Just one meal without meat can lower levels of harmful ammonia in individuals with advanced liver disease, researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Medicine and Richmond VA ...