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Mobile liver screening van coming to Caerphilly next week

News | Piotr Zyczynski | Published: 09:00, Thursday March 20th, 2025.

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A mobile liver screening van is coming to Caerphilly
A mobile liver screening van is coming to Caerphilly

A mobile liver screening van will be coming to Caerphilly next week.

Free liver scans will be available from the van, which will be parked up outside Morrisons from 10am to 4pm on Monday March 24.

According to the British Liver Trust, one in ten adults could be walking around with liver disease without knowing, as the early stages are usually asymptomatic.

Pamela Healy, chief executive of British Liver Trust, said: “One in three of us are at risk of liver disease and the numbers of people being diagnosed have been increasing at an alarming rate.  

“Liver damage develops silently with no signs or symptoms and people often don’t realise they have a problem until it is too late. Although the liver is remarkably resilient, if left until symptoms appear, the damage is often irreversible.”

Ms Healy continued: “The Love Your Liver roadshow is a great opportunity for people to find out their risk of liver disease. Approximately 10% of the people we scan need to have further checks.” 

Nine in ten cases of liver disease are preventable, with the main causes being alcohol, obesity and viral hepatitis, according to the trust.

People who can’t visit the screening van can still check their liver health by visiting the British Liver Trust website and doing the online screening test.

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