Non Reactive Result After One Year

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hbsag reactive but after a year became non reactive

good day..my sone was dianosed in hep b 3 years ago ,he had a flu and juandice taht time..the dr just advise hime to take multi vitamins with silymarin,after a year of taking the supplements he bacame non reactive..my question is,is the a...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

If your son truly had hepatitis B, SOME marker should still be positive (eg, core, or surface antibody). If these are not reactive, he probably did NOT have HBV infection in the first place. Most young children are vaccinated against hepatitis B in... Read more »

How to get treatment treatment with non reactive HIV antibody blood result?

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Hbs antibody - non-reactive and Hbs antigen - non-reactive. Please interpret the result

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Reactive Elisa, Non-reactive Western Blot

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I went in for an HIV antibody test 90 days post-possible exposure and the result came back reactive on the Elisa and non-reactive on the western blot. Are the antibodies produced in response to HIV unique or are they generic to a host of other... Read more »

Non Reactive

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I think it is a good sign to have a non reactive test rather than a indetermate test results.
The Chance of going from a Non Reactive to Postive at 3 months is none.

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Non reactive Vs. Indetermate

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

what is the big difference in the results ?
If you had a non reactive chances are it will stay that way ?
If you have indetermante chances are they could turn positive ?

This is always puzzeld me because some band show up on a indetermante test
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Just tested "reactive" and showing some symptoms

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