Everyone from the age of eighteen can have a free test taken in the coming days, without an appointment. Sounds ideal, but due to great interest there was a big row for the RAI. “I am now there for more than three hours,” says a visitor. “But yes, I am talking about it. My liver has had a lot to endure. So I want to know how things are going now. And it’s free.”
In the meantime the row has been closed for a while. Around 2 p.m. no new people could be added and were asked to come back another time. An estimated two hundred people were tested today.
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“I don’t mind that row,” says another man. “It’s about your health. And because of alcohol and other stimulants I am afraid that my liver had a little, so I want to see if it’s all good.”
According to stomach, intestinal and liver doctor Bart Takkenberg of the Amsterdam UMC, it is important that people come before the test. “Early detection can prevent many health problems, certainly because liver diseases are often only discovered at a late stage.” According to him, alcohol is still the biggest culprit.
In the three small test houses, a so -called Fibroscan made. The scan measures how quickly ultrasound waves move through the liver; Based on this, the doctor can determine how healthy the liver is. The test lasts ten minutes and you get the result immediately. You can have the test taken until Saturday.