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What Does This Hepatitis Screening Test Result Indicate?

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Posted on Mon, 29 Dec 2014
Question: My hepatitis screening results state HAV Antibody IgG Positive, HBs Ag Negative and HBs Ab POSITIVE 655. How do I interpret them?
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Answered by Dr. Muhammed Aslam (15 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Need few more details.

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,

The result indicates you had Hepatitis A in the past.
Also, you are either immunized to Hepatitis B by vaccination or you have completely recovered from a previous Hepatitis B infection .

Anyhow, to interpret the result in full, we need few more details.

1)The status of IgM HPA. Have you done this test?
2)Your HB Ab is positive- whether it is IgM or IgG? Kindly upload all your test reports.


If you have further questions, I will be happy to help.
Wishing you good health.
Thank you.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju
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Follow up: Dr. Muhammed Aslam (10 minutes later)
No not tested for IgM HPA.

Should I be relaxed upon reading your comments and no cause for worry? - The result indicates you had Hepatitis A in the past.
Also, you are either immunized to Hepatitis B by vaccination or you have completely recovered from a previous Hepatitis B infection .
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Answered by Dr. Muhammed Aslam (46 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
yes, you need not worry

Detailed Answer:
Hi dear,

If you have no symptoms suggestive of hepatitis (like fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, anorexia, jaundice etc), and no recent exposure to hepatitis B, you need not worry and no need of further investigations.
You can be confident.

Hope you got cleared now.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari
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What Does This Hepatitis Screening Test Result Indicate?

Brief Answer: Need few more details. Detailed Answer: Hello dear, The result indicates you had Hepatitis A in the past. Also, you are either immunized to Hepatitis B by vaccination or you have completely recovered from a previous Hepatitis B infection . Anyhow, to interpret the result in full, we need few more details. 1)The status of IgM HPA. Have you done this test? 2)Your HB Ab is positive- whether it is IgM or IgG? Kindly upload all your test reports. If you have further questions, I will be happy to help. Wishing you good health. Thank you.