I have the dormant Hep A virus in my body. I wish someone told me that after you get vaccinated for HEP A or B - you can no longer give blood. WTF!
2006-10-30 06:04:32 · 5 answers · asked by J S 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Silver - thats exactly what I'm saying. Like you, I got vaccinated for HEP A and B... Did you know that when you got vaccinated - you could no longer donate blood? Because you can't anymore! Like mine, your blood is no longer fit for service.
2006-10-30 06:23:41 · update #1
go get rechecked, I am vaccinated for Hep B and the hospital tried to tell me I had it until I told them I was vaccinated for it. Then they understood why my results came up positive. The Red Cross doesnt check if it is the actual virus or antigens, so go get rechecked.
2006-10-30 06:17:46 · answer #1 · answered by silverstanggt500 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man, that really sucks because like you, I received the Hep B about 10 years ago. I donated blood twice since then and both times the Red Cross disposed of the blood. I went through the whole infectious disease routine as they requested, and they STILL will not take my blood.
With all the shortages they claim to have, they really need to look into running some better tests to differentiate the vaccine from the disease so that they can get more blood and or donors. It's a darn shame!
2006-10-30 14:47:36 · answer #2 · answered by vanityspice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are separate tests for Hep B to test for the differences between when someone has been vaccinated and when someone has the virus.
-Hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs): a positive result indicates immunity to hepatitis B from vaccination or recovery from an infection.
- Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg): A negative result indicates that a person has never been exposed to the virus or has recovered from acute hepatitis and has rid themselves of the virus (or has, at most, an occult infection). A positive (or reactive) result indicates an active infection but does not indicate whether the virus can be passed to others.
- Hepatitis B e-antigen (HBeAg): A positive (or reactive) result indicates the presence of virus that can be passed to others. A negative result usually means the virus cannot be spread to others, except in parts of the world where infection with strains that cannot make this protein are common.
-.Anti-hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc): If it is present with a positive anti-HBs, it usually indicates recovery from an infection and the person is not a carrier or chronically infected. In acute infection, the first type of antibody to HBc to appear is an IgM antibody. Testing for this type of antibody can prove whether a person has recently been infected by HBV (where anti-HBc, IgM would be positive) or for some time (where anti-HBc, IgM would be negative).
HBV DNA: A positive (or reactive) result indicates the presence of virus that can be passed to others. A negative result usually means the virus cannot be spread to others, especially if tests that can pick up as few as 200 viruses (copies) in one mL of blood are used.
I would think with the availability of these tests they could determine who was able to give blood and who couldn't.
2006-10-30 21:48:58 · answer #3 · answered by cindy1323 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They just have to be extremely careful with the blood supply they provide. I can no longer give blood because I had a false positive test for Hepatitis.
2006-10-30 14:09:18 · answer #4 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my advice for you is to get checked again
2006-10-30 14:08:49 · answer #5 · answered by crystal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋