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I had a fibroscan reading of 5.5 how is my liver doing?

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Dr. Stephen Southard answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Hard to say: As this is only one of many tools to assess for liver disease, more specifically fibrosis. Be aware, that 90-95% of healthy persons without liver disease have a fibroscan score of 5.3

Answered 11/24/2018

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