Hep A Vaccination Side Effects

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Thanks for all the great work you docs do on this site. It's greatly appreciatedI'm newly infected CD4 about 300, VL les than 16k. No meds yet.Should I get the hep A and B vaccine? If so, are there any side effects such as with the flu...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

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Thanks for your question.It is highly recommended that persons with HIV infection received vaccinations for hepatitis A and B (assuming that they haven't already had the natural infection), pneumococcal vaccine (to prevent certain types of... Read more »

Hep Vaccination

Dr. Brian Boyle, great web site. This is the flagship for HIV research. Here's my question:... Read more »

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Vaccination Against Hep A and Bloodwork

I had a CBC on May 1 and all numbers came out quite normal. I just had a new one, less than a day... Read more »

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Re jamie hep vaccine

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi Jamie, if you were vaccinated in school,im sure it was for hep B , I knoww is one for hep A but in school it would have been hep B ,so i wouldn't worry about that, As for me I never was vaccinated , So my stress level is still up there. Hope your... Read more »

Hep B Vaccine affecting ELISA?

Posted by crazy_person, 1 Reply

I've read that the vaccine could cause HIV RNA levels to increase, showing an elevated viral load for up to 4-6 weeks. My question is this - would the Hep B vaccine affect the HIV ELISA causing either a false negative or a false positive result? I... Read more »

HIV and Hep. B

Posted by CountTheStars, 1 Reply

I recently tested positive and I was vaccinated against Hep. B years ago. Does this mean that I am considered to have Hep. B as far as drug reactions are concerned since the antibodies are present in my system because of the vaccination? Read more »

Hep Question

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was tested neg for HIV but now I am worried about hep b cause I Am in Asia and hep b is pretty common here according to the CDC.

Since I always use condoms is there reason to test for hep b? Should I be scared of this?

What I don't understand is why... Read more »

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