Liver biopsy.?

Question

A friend is due to have a liver biopsy and is scared to death.

What is involved? Is it an outpatient thing or will she have to stay in hospital several days?

Answer 1

Good news!!
Now there is an alternative to needle biopsy for liver. It is called FibroTest and done by blood screening.

I had it a week ago. The results are very accurate. Tell your friend about this and she can discuss with her doctor. There is a link below to a site where you cab get more information. If you need to see more research results just search for Fibrotest in any search engine.

Hope there is nothing seriously wrong with your friend. Good luck

http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/news/2005/ad/093005_a.html

Answer 2

i had it done in 1997 when diagnose with hepatitis C that lead to a liver biopsy.after biopsy doc gave me a death look that ill never forget i had to stay about 3 hours after biopsy then sent home.took a couple day off from work.i was then diagnose with third stage cirrhosis.
it felt like a small electrical shock that's what it felt like to me but didn't hurt.
anyway i was put on interferon for 18 months and clear the virus hepC.thats been 10 years now and i am still fill O K
i am grateful that we have all this medical info that we can apply to our health,just wish that i would have learn early that i had the hep C.hope your friend is O K but tell him/her that there is a lot of great meds and dont get discourage

Answer 3

This will be an outpatient procedure. When my father had it done, he had to check in super early. They put the patient to sleep; a needle is inserted into the liver. He felt no pain, but had to lie on his side for several hours. Hope your friend has nothing seriously wrong.