Fibro Scan for the Liver

Fibro scan is the medical method to examine the liver's health condition and whether its stiffness level is severe. Fibro scan is one of the scanning methods for the liver, it will help the physician to diagnose and detect the abnormality which might occur there. Fibro scan will use an ultrasound wave called transient elastography in the procedure, which is completely painless and takes only a few minutes.

What is Fibro Scan

Some patients might not familiar with the method named Fibro scan, it is a method for the liver scan which uses an ultrasound wave to proceed. Usually, it is for measuring the stiffness of the liver but it also detects other abnormalities that occur in the liver too. Liver examination by liver biopsy or the traditional method will need to insert the needle to perform tissue sampling. However, a Fibro scan will perform without any pain, only some ticklish sensation and will finish within 10 minutes.

When is Fibro Scan Necessary

As it is mentioned, a Fibro scan is a medical examination, especially for the liver. Fibro scan is able to detect or diagnose the following diseases that might occur in the liver.

• Hemochromatosis : This liver disease will occur when the amount of iron in the liver is too much that the body can cope with. Too much iron will lead to toxic the body and damage to the liver. There is the possibility of complications which can be fatal to your life. 
  
  
• Alcoholic liver disease : Some patients might be familiar with the name alcoholic hepatitis. This liver disease happens when the body continually receives an excessive amount of alcohol for a long time. Alcohol will cause inflammation which will later develop into cirrhosis and its late phase will be liver failure. 
  
  
• Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease : This liver disease is also called NAFLD. It happens when there is too much amount of fat to store in the liver. Actually, the fat itself did not directly harm or damage the liver, but it will lead to other liver diseases. 

• Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis : It can be called NASH, this liver disease is one form of NAFLD but is way more severe and cause direct damage to the liver. NASH can lead to cirrhosis when the damage is too much and finally lead to liver failure. 

• Viral infection : The infection in the liver can be caused by the virus called Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. Both viruses cause liver inflammation and increase the chance of cirrhosis and liver cancer occurrence, which can also lead to liver failure in the liver. 
    

Fibro Scan Limitations

Although a fibro scan is absolutely convenient and painless, it can not be performed to some patients. Here are the limitations of using a fibro scan to examine the liver. 

1. Fibro scan is a medical method that is made for scanning the liver only. Fibroscan must not use for scanning other organs or it may harm other parts of organs.
   
   
2. Fibro scan using the ultrasound wave called transient elastography to picture the liver, but it might not give an accurate result for patients who has fat accumulation around the abdomen. 
   
   
3. Fibro scan will also give invalid results for using it with patients who have oedema or ascites. The abdominal fluid will affect the process to picture the liver clearly.
   
   
4. Fibro scan must not be used on pregnant, the wave that will perform can affect directly the growth of the fetus by fibrous spectrum effect.
   
   
5. Fibro scan will absolutely affect the equipment in the body, it may cause malfunction or damage the devices directly. When the equipment is out of order, it is a dangerous situation for the body. Thus, fibro scans must not use with patients who have body equipment. 
   
   

Fibro Scan VS Ultrasound

Patients might still confuse fibro scan and ultrasound, some might be curious about their differences. Fibro scan is more precise than ultrasound, as it is the result of using ultrasound elastography. It will picture the liver and measure the stiffness and injured in the liver. On the other hand, ultrasound only uses high-frequency waves to picture the structure inside of the body. The ultrasound scan cannot measure or detect in detail. 

Fibro Scan Procedure

Normally, a fibro scan will take only 5-10 minutes to perform fibro scan. The patients must refrain from eating anything before proceeding fibro scan for 3 hours. Here is the sequence of the fibro scan procedure. 

1. The patients will need to lie down on the bed. It is a recommendation for that patients to wear clothes which easily expose the abdomen such as a shirt. 
   
   
2. After exposing the abdomen skin to the physicians, they will apply water gel on the skin and the non-invasive device probe. 
   
   
3. Fibro scan will examine around 10 times, it only makes you feel ticklish and vibrate on the skin. It is a non-invasive process, so it will be no pain at all.
   
   
4. Afterwards, patients will wait for the physician to explain the result. If there is any sign of fibrosis, the physician will heed the treatment after detecting it. 
   
   

Fibro  Scan Conclusion

Fibro scan is one of the practical methods to examine or detect abnormalities which have the possibility to occur in the liver. It can measure the stiffness level of the liver and diagnose the disease in the liver. A fibro scan will be performed and finished within 10 minutes without any pain or invasive methods. The convenience and easiness of fibro scans still have limitations, patients should follow the suggestion of the physicians. 

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