Fibroscan

Fibroscan is a medical device that used ultrasound waves rather than a liver biopsy to determine the liver injury and measure the density of the scar tissue in the liver. This method can measure the fat accumulation in the liver quantitatively using the sound waves without any invasive intervention to the body and the liver. These measurements can cover an area of liver that is 100 times larger compared to a liver biopsy. Liver is an organ, which function as a factory producing the necessary constituents for our body and a purification center that excretes the harmful substances from the body. Although many hepatotoxic conditions cause irreversible injury, the regeneration capacity of the liver can mostly eliminate these injuries. That being said, the structure of liver deteriorates in time due to long consumption of alcohol and potentially harmful medication and chronic diseases such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and hepatosteatosis , and it begins to harden. If these conditions are not diagnosed in time and necessary treatments are not started, liver cirrhosis may occur. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to early diagnose the liver diseases, since liver does not cause any complaints before large portion is permanently damaged and blood tests does not help the diagnosis during this period. During this period, the scar tissue (fibrosis) must be evaluated to determine whether there is liver damage or not, and if yes, to which degree. Within…