World Hepatitis Day takes place every year on 28 July to bring awareness to viral hepatitis. This year, the theme is “Find the Missing Millions” to encourage the public to detect their disease status through screening, and prevent further spread of the virus.

Locally, liver disease is common in Hong Kong, with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) being the major cause. Most carriers are asymptomatic, and the virus can be transmitted through blood and body fluids.

According to a study by HKU published in 2019, the prevalence of HBV in HK was 7.8%, which means for every 13 people in Hong Kong, 1 has Hepatitis B. More than half of the patients in the study were unaware of their disease status, making it even harder to eliminate the disease.

At The Central Clinic, we’re offering Liver Disease Screening and Hepatitis B Carrier Packages, as a way to bring awareness to liver health this month until 15th August, 2020.

Our packages include: general medical services; blood tests to examine liver function and Hepatitis A, B, and C status; Fibroscan to access liver stiffness; and options to test for AFP tumor marker and ultrasound of the liver.

Once liver disease is detected, a crucial way to monitor its progression is by regular checkups. FibroScan is a non-invasive way to detect fibrosis (scarring) and steatosis (fatty change) in the liver. It’s an effective monitoring method for patients with HBV and HCV, as well as for those with other liver diseases, such as fatty liver disease.

Our clinic is the exclusive private clinic in Hong Kong with the ability to use FibroScan for Spleen Stiffness Measurement (SSM which caters for liver cirrhotic patients with splenomegaly), as well as the common measurement of fatty changes as a CAP score. The simple check-up procedure takes 10-15 minutes at our clinic, and its technology allows for a comprehensive yet non-invasive solution to help patients with chronic liver diseases.

Call to schedule a check-up at our clinic – conveniently located by the Mid-Levels Escalators on Queen’s Road Central.

每年的7月28日是世界肝炎日，目的是提高公眾對病毒性肝炎的認識。今年的主題是「尋找失踪的數百萬人」，因為全球仍有2.9 億人仍未認識病毒性肝炎，為防止病毒進一步傳播，我們鼓勵大家通過檢查了解疾病狀況。

肝炎在香港其實很常見，而其中主要的因素是乙型肝炎病毒。大多數患者是無症狀的，病毒容易通過血液和體液傳播。
根據香港大學在2019年發表的一項研究，香港的乙型肝炎患病率為7.8％，即香港每13人中有1人是患有乙型肝炎人士。最令人擔憂的是，研究中超過一半的患者都不知道他們的疾病狀態，使消除此疾病的工作變得更加困難。

在中環專科，我們正提供肝臟健康檢查和乙型肝炎帶菌者檢查，以提高大家對肝臟健康的認識。檢查套餐由本月至2020年8月15日。

我們的服務包括：醫生病歷咨詢及身體檢查、血液檢查肝功能以及甲乙丙型肝炎、Fibroscan 肝臟纖維化掃描，更有測試癌症指標和肝臟超聲波的選項。FibroScan可以檢測肝臟硬度和肝脂肪含量，這是對乙型和丙型肝炎以及脂肪肝患者的有效監測方法。

中環專科是香港獨家的私人診所能夠使用FibroScan測量脾臟硬度（SSM，適用於肝硬化引致脾臟脹大的病人)，加上脂肪測量（CAP評分），簡單的掃描過程需時10-15分鐘，便為慢性肝病患者提供全面而無創的檢驗方案。

請致電安排到中環專科進行檢查––我們位於皇后大道中的半山自動扶手電梯附近。