Fibroscan

[Nanajo1962]

I have a fibroscan scheduled for Oct.16. so tell me your experiences . Thanks everyone. Just knowing I have such a giving bunch to bounce stuff off of makes all the difference... Happy Monday.

[kimphoebe]

There's nothing to it takes less than 5 minutes. They normally tell you the score straight away, my last one was 16.3. Had about 4 done in the last 5 years . Hope this helps

[Oidra]

My PBC was picked up 17 years ago by accident but I had my first fibroscan a couple of months ago when I moved to a new hospital. The practitioner had a small hand held machine which is put against the liver. I felt a small prod a couple of times and that was it. I was told the score and what the normal range was.

Obviously for 17 years I was quite happy not knowing!

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I had one my score was 21.3 stage 4 cirrhosis, my dr didn't believe it, but I did. After a transjugular biopsy it showed I have stage 4 cirrhosis. My fibroscan was right.

[dollydaydreams]

My result was 19.4 and i had an ultrasound straight after it and i have stage 4 fibrosis

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I first had an ultrasound that showed cirrhosis,then the subsequent fibroscan gave a result of 30.

The fibroscan isn't much different to an ultrasound in so far as the procedure itself goes, the only difference I experienced was that with the fibroscan I had a slight 'thumping' sensation as the hand held monitor was moved over my liver area. There was no 'after affect' that I was aware of.

[Ellewoods33]

I had a scan with a score of 21 which indicated cirrohses. My hepatologist did not think I was cirrohetic so he ordered a biopsy. It showed fibrosis stage 2 with several samples taken.

[gwillistexas]

I am scheduled for a fibroscan September 14th. My GI says it is becoming more common now than a biopsy, to show amount of scarring in the duct. Good luck to you!

[gwillistexas]

My liver ultrasound was perfectly normal. Now we have to look at the ducts.

[Nanajo1962 in reply to gwillistexas]

My fibro scan is scheduled for October 16