I got 2 shots, I need two more (regular and booster)
2006-06-26 02:44:45 · 8 answers · asked by orkid 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Nothing will happen to you.
You could check your HBsAb blood test. If its positive, you don't need the 2 additional shots because this test sees if you are immune.
The way it works is as follows: after 1st shot of hep B vaccine a certain percentage of people become immune. After the 2nd shot, I think about 60-70% of people become immune. After the 3rd shot, almost all become immune. So they figure that by giving everyone 3 shots close to 100% of people will become immunized. This also means that after the 2nd shot a vast majority of people become immunized. So if you really don't want the 2 other shots you can try to persade your doctor to test your HbsAB.
2006-06-26 02:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by julius 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With each shot in the series more and more people will convert to be protected. If I remember my numbers, I think two shots about 70% of all people convert. With the third its above 90%. Some people actually require a fourth. So yes, by getting a blood test know as a vacine titer, then you will know if you need to go further in the series or not. You can resume the series at any time, by the way.
2006-06-26 09:57:36 · answer #2 · answered by c_schumacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may not convert. you will have to start the series again. alos, remember, 3 months after you have received your last dose, ask you doctor to have a titre done to see if you have converted. A lot of people have the series and think that they are safe, to which they are not. So, until you have completed your series, be careful. No raw seafood/shellfish, no unprotected sex, or dirty needles.
2006-06-26 09:55:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the same issue. I can't afford to go and get the second one. The nurse at the clinic told me just to come when I get the money. If u do want to continue and don't have the money right now you shouldn't have to start over.
2006-06-28 14:40:49 · answer #4 · answered by real_sweetheart_76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats not a big problem
untill you get infected
it is taken just as a precaution to prevent it in future.
in olden times many people didnt take hepa B injection.
2006-06-26 09:49:21 · answer #5 · answered by Jean S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then you're only partially protected from the virus. Go finish the series.
2006-06-26 09:49:04 · answer #6 · answered by mom2babycolin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will be more likely to get hepatitus B than if you got all of your shots, but less likely than if you didn't get any shots.
2006-06-26 09:48:25 · answer #7 · answered by silvermoonstar3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have to start the whole program again to be fully covered.
2006-06-26 11:53:24 · answer #8 · answered by Art The Wise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋