 My name is Arshal Rajaykar, I am at Manipala Hospital Bhune and today I am going to tell you who should get a liver screening or a liver screening test and when should it be done. Ideally speaking everyone should have a liver screen because a liver damage can be very late to declare itself clinical. So having a liver screen tells you whether there is any problem with the liver. All individuals by the age of 14 should at least have a liver screening done once because most liver diseases are timed out because the liver is large it takes time for the liver to get damaged. So if at the age of 40 you haven't had a liver test done before then you should get it done. Most of the liver screening protocols will include an ultrasound and a set of blood tests. There are people who need more frequent liver screenings and before the age of 40 and these people should be people who have blood transfusion before, people who had jaundice before, people who had any intervention that requires to go under the knife or anesthesia. All these are instances where blood-borne diseases can be transmitted. So hepatitis B and hepatitis C were once a full time very common until screening and testing was made mandatory and before that a lot of hepatitis B and hepatitis C was transmitted and there is no way of knowing whether you have hepatitis B or hepatitis C unless you have it tested. So you should all have a test to find out whether you had any hepatitis B or hepatitis C if you had any intervention in the past. People who had jaundice in the past, people who have a family history of liver disease, people who have a history of liver cancer in the family, people who had previous blood transfusions are people who should get a liver screening earlier and more frequently. Most liver diseases that are metabolic or genetic will declare themselves within childhood and there will be a family history. So having a liver screening is important. Any liver test that shows that tests are abnormal or the ultrasound shows a fatty liver, then further tests will need to be carried out and we will advise you accordingly. If you have any problems, please feel free to contact us. We are here to help you. Thank you.