Free tests on Liver at retail park

People in Ayr are being urged to‘Love Your Liver’with a free screening this week.

The British Liver Trust is offering screening sessions in the town’s Heathfield Retail Park on Friday from 10am to 4pm.

The charity has organised a Scottish Roadshow in an attempt to find those ‘unaware’they have liver damage.

Anyone wishing to take advantage of a free screening should arrive early as places are limited. According to the British Liver Trust, one in five adults in Scotland may be walking around with liver disease- and be completely unaware- because there are usually no symptoms in the early stages.

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

“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.”