should i get tested for hep B

9 montsh ago i had unprotected sex with an unknown female..2 months after exposure i just found out today that my doc had requested a basic metabolic test and that the following showed..is this indicative of a hep B infection...i was vaccinated in 95, 95 and the last shot in 98..im so scared please let me know if the two month metabolic test was normal... and if i should get a hep B test?

hepatic function panel

                                   reference range

protein---> 7.7                       6.0-8.3
albumin----> 4.8                     2.75-5.1
Glubalin, Calculated-->2.9       2.2-4.2
A/G Ratio---> 1.7                   .8-2.0
Bilirubin, total-->.75                .30-1.50
bilirubin, direct---_.17               .00-.30
alkaline phosophatase 74         30-225
AST--16                                   3-50
ALT--17                                   3-60

[jboyhk]

Every one of those tests are in the normal range.

It seems maybe guilt over this incidence is driving you crazy. I have had HepB (didn't know it then) as a tolder and 3 brothers. We fought and bled and shared things but none of them have it.

Why just focus on HepB? There are hundreds of other unknown virus' you can get from anyone. How about Ebstein Bar? Of Herpes Simplex1? I can keep going on and on.

[scared_and_confused]

i have been tested for everything...herpes.syhpillis,EBV, hiv, gonnorea, chlamydia..but yesterday i realized that they never tested me for hep B...i just wanted to know if after 9 years after immunization could i still catch it and if my result of 2 months post exposure indicate that i am at risk or even if such test even do..please help me out!

[stevenNYer]

I think you have little to be concern about.  I assume you were of adult age 9 months ago.  If so, if you contracted HepB, you would have had an acute HepB attack, which would have made you feel sick for a good period of time.  If you never felt sick for the past 9 month (aside from your anxiety) I think you are safe.  But there's no harm in asking for a HepB test during your next MD visit to make sure you are indeed immuned to the HepB virus.  I just don't think you need to rush at this point.

[scared_and_confused]

i understand you think im being irrational, but all I wanted to know if medically it should be of a concern considering all the information i provided thats all,

[jboyhk]

Its not the HepB test, its your obsession driven by guilt over a sex act. Why stop at the HepB test?

Here is a good list of diseases you can get from coming in contact with someone. Start checking them off!!!

AIDS and HIV  Hepatitis B Carrier  
Anthrax Hepatitis B Psittacosis
Arboviral Encephalitis
Hepatitis C  Rabies
Botulism Herpes Rifampin
Campylobacteriosis Histoplasmosis  Ringworm (Tinea)
Chickenpox  Impetigo  Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Chlamydia  Influenza Rubella
Conjunctivitis ("Pink Eye")  Invasive Group A Strep Salmonellosis  
Cryptosporidiosis  Kawasaki Scabies  
Cyclosporiasis Legionellosis
(Legionnaire Disease)  Scarlet Fever  
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)  Leprosy Shigellosis
Diphtheria  Leptospirosis Smallpox
Ebola Listeriosis Strep Throat  
E. coli O157:H7  Lyme Disease Swimming-Related Illness  
Eastern Equine Encephalitis  Malaria Syphilis
Ehrlichiosis Measles Tetanus
Fifth Disease
(Erythema Infectiosum)  Meningococcal Disease Toxoplasmosis  
Food Safety  Mononucleosis Tuberculosis  
Genital Warts  Mumps Tularemia
Giardiasis  Mycobacterium Marinum  Typhoid Fever  
Gonorrhea Mycoplasma Vibrio vulnificus Illness  
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Disease Permethrin Viral Gastroenteritis  
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (Coxsackievirus) Pertussis (Whooping Cough)  Viral Meningitis
Hantavirus Pinworm Warts, Genital  
Head Lice Plague West Nile Virus
Hepatitis A  Pneumococcal Disease

[meki]

Yes - you're being a little over-worried.

However - that said - use protected sex next time - and uhm...

Those panels look fine to me - Better than mine looked.

But if you're feeling ill - go to the doctor and ask the doctor. If you want to know what the results mean - ask the doctor.

I think - if 2 months ago your doctor ordered this - he/she would have advised you if you had anything to worry about.

So stop panicking - go enjoy what life you have left in this world *which if you start having protected sex* will be much longer and more satisfying in the long run --- when you meet that special somebody and are completely disease free...

Much luck to you.

Meki