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What is it for?

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What is the purpose of a Fibro scan. If you already have Cirrhosis is it needed?

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I’m guessing it’s to keep an eye on the progression of your cirrhosis

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Or to monitor your progress.

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Exactly

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nettl1

The scan is to check how bad or good your Cirrhosis is. It checks for scarring and what stage.

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Cats2018

To check your progress. I just had my 2nd fibroscan yesterday and it indicates a great improvement over my initial one just over a year ago in May 2018. So now I know the past year of eating a healthier diet and losing some weight has improved the Nash.

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