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A 29-year-old male asked:
Hbsag & hav igm (elisa)= +, hev igm, leptospiral igm, anti hcv & hb core igm (elisa)=-, sgot & sgpt were 2332, 4874 initially.now 52.9 & 186.1 my status?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Camilla Grahamanswered
Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease 29 years experience
Acute hepatitis A: These data are difficult to follow, but i think these labs mean the following: you have chronic hepatitis b (hbsag+) and got acute hepatitis a on top of that. Your liver enzymes are now returning to normal. If this is true, you will not get hepatitis a again, but need evaluation for hepatitis b.
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Dr. Vivek Huilgol commented
Gastroenterology 37 years experience
B status unclear but this explanation IS the most likely one.
Sep 15, 2013
Dr. Vivek Huilgolanswered
Gastroenterology 37 years experience
Acute Hep A. B ?: Need more tests to clarify. It appears you have acute (short-term) hepatitis a - this is transmitted usually through infected food. Hep b status positive but can't tell if acute or chronic.
Need hep b core antibody status (igm and igg); hepatitis b surface antibody as a minimum; then hep b e antigen and hep b e antibody and hbv dna status to have final answer. Should check hiv, hcv and others too.
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Dr. Liawaty Ho commented
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
The HCV is negative. The HB core IgM is negative . Have you been vaccinated before for hepatitis B. if you never had vaccinated then likely you had this hep B surface antigen from a real infection.
Sep 15, 2013
Last updated May 7, 2016
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