Thanks for your question, it’s hard to tell exactly what is going on from the description of the results. Would you mind posting exactly what your results say?
Hi @JJT22, thanks for your message. From your description, there’s nothing clearly indicating that you should be on treatment (at least according to current EASL guidelines). Were you given some sort of reason that drove your gastro’s suggestion that you should take treatment?
Completely understand your worry at the moment. I hope these answers can help:
My understanding is that SWE is quite accurate with regards to F3 diagnosis.
It is hard to determine stability over time from just a single test. That said, you should talk to your doctor about whether follow up testing is needed.
Probably the biggest one is vaccination of your partner and also newborn. Otherwise, we have a lot of previous threads talking about family planning: