What does it mean to be HBsAg non-reactive?!

Question: I had a screening to determine whether I need hepa b vaccine or whether I have immunity against hepa b.

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Answers: I had a screening to determine whether I need hepa b vaccine or whether I have immunity against hepa b.

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A non reactive HBsAg (hepatitis B surface antiGEN) tells you nothing about your immunity to hepatitis B, only that you don't currently have the infection.

If you are trying to work out if you need hep B vaccination you should check the levels of anti-HBs (hepatitis B surface antiBODY).

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Please see the web page for more details on HBsAg.

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Check out this website

http://www.immunize.org/askexperts/exper...

there's a table telling you what the results of the Hep B mean, but generally "non-reactive" means your body (blood in this case) doesn't react to the presence of HBsAg, which means you are negative for Hep B

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