I got the hep b vaccine about 10 yrs ago. Now I've heard so many different things i dont know what to believe. My one doctor told me it lasts forever but my P.A and I read online said it may not last forever. I also read it only lasts 23 yrs. anyways i go to my obgyn every 6 months and i always get routinely tested for everything just to be safe. Now i've gotten tested for hep b many times. everything's always been fine. last time my doctor said i had hep b antibodies but i didnt have the antigen which i guess is the actual virus. Now why would i all of a sudden have antibodies? she said i had them b/c of the vaccine? now why would i have never had them before? does that mean if the vaccine ever runs out that i have hep b? does that mean i was definitly exposed to the virus? i just don't understand????????
2006-12-15
12:59:16
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