fibro scan

[Lisad52]

hello my daughter had a fibro scan last year which was 19.6

Had on last week and it’s now 56 but her bloods are normal I’m a bit confused to what’s happening with her liver

[PeppyPo]

Sorry do you mean its gone form 19.6 to 56.0 or 5.6 ?

[Tommy62 in reply to PeppyPo]

I was 19.5 and was told I was borderline cirrhosis

[PeppyPo]

From what I have learnt you can have normal liver function test still have chrirrohs. This is what happen to me. My score was 19.5 kpa 350 cap told 4 stage fibrosis.

[Lisad52 in reply to PeppyPo]

Yes it’s gone up to 56.0 now

But someone said the numbers don’t really matter ?

[mozlaw]

of course numbers matter !If youre drinking alcohol stop.people mean that a fibroscan result may be inflated by inflammation.you should be seeing a consultant see your gp

[Lisad52 in reply to mozlaw]

It’s my daughter and yes she sees a consultant ever 6 months

[Roy1955]

Is she still drinking?

[Lisad52 in reply to Roy1955]

Yes she is

[Roy1955 in reply to Lisad52]

Highly likely her cirrhosis has considerably advanced but what little healthy liver remains is still doing it's job.That won't last much longer if she keeps assaulting her body with alcohol.

Her fibroscan numbers really do matter and she cant be far from severe illness.

Has she had recent ultrasound or MRI scans to check for "changes" in her liver?

[Lisad52 in reply to Roy1955]

Yes she had an ultrasound in may and there was no change thankfully a liver nurse said not to worry about the kpa score so I was confused

[Roy1955 in reply to Lisad52]

My consultant avoids repeating the fibroscan because cirrhosis is already diagnosed and only symptoms indicate it's severity.Repeating fibroscan is just chasing numbers.

BUT I think it's fair to assume her ongoing drinking has caused the rise in the stiffness of her liver and its only a matter of time before it starts to struggle with basic functions.

[Awagn445]

useless test wrong every time I had one. Get biopsy

[PeppyPo in reply to Awagn445]

Were Your test wrong ?

[Lisad52 in reply to PeppyPo]

No they wasn’t wrong