A 40-year-old member asked:
What is hepatitis b core ab igm blood test mean?
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Dr. Dan Fisheranswered
Internal Medicine 28 years experience
Acute infection: Hep b core IgM rises in early infection with hepatitis b.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Hepatitis b blood test non conclusive..What does that mean?
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Dr. Gutti Raoanswered
Hospital-based practice 47 years experience
Non conclusive tests: Hepatitis b or any other test rarely can be non conclusive. To diagnose positivity, we look at different components of tests . If you have contradictory test results, it may be deemed non conclusive and you have to repeat the test in three to six months.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
What is hepatitis b core ab IgG blood test mean?
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Dr. Dan Fisheranswered
Internal Medicine 28 years experience
Prior infection: Indicates that you very likely had hepatitis b at one point in the past. Doe not tell you about current infection or activity of the disease. These require further testing.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
What are doctors testing for when they do a hepatitis b blood test?
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Dr. Craig Smithanswered
Urology 36 years experience
Serum titers : A value detected in a blood test to see if this is present in your system.
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Last updated Jan 12, 2015
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