ELF score 8.3

[Linakes]

I have had several elastography tests, the last one the same week as I took ELF test. It was 4.8kpa, but ELF test shows moderate fibrosis (8.3). Its seems ELF test is more accurate, because on this forum I have found several people who feel smth is wrong with their liver that have normal elastography, but ELF reveals fibrosis. Mine is due to alcohol. I have stopped drinking, but from what I have read you cant stop alcoholic fibrosis from developing, maybe just delay. Has anyone experienced going down in ELF score?

[Dramalady]

Hi. I had elastography test due to alcohol and it said 8.4kpa. I stopped drinking totally and had very normal bloods. I had another fibroscan 9 months later and it was 9.5kpa. Then a month later it was 10.5kpa. I couldn’t understand it because my blood tests showed no inflammation. The liver specialist didn’t believe the high fibroscan due to bloods and other tests - CT, ultrasound - so ordered an ELF test. That gave me a score of 8.

5 years later I had another ELF test which gave me a score of 7.34. Which at the age of 48 was low.

From what I’ve read 8.3 can still be in the normal range for ELF for some people and a such a low kpa is quite a good indication that there’s minimal damage.

I was told it should regress if you stop drinking. Good luck with it.

[Linakes in reply to Dramalady]

Thanks for your answer. Have you ever had any symptoms?

[Dramalady in reply to Linakes]

Hi again. Not really - occasional ache in liver area.

[Liberty82]

My fibrosis were 5.4kpa and a year later 3.3kpa, around the same time I had an ELF score of 7.9. I still have some symptoms and have to be careful with medications but I haven't had alcohol for 4 years now.