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HbSAG RESULT POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AT THE SAME TIME?!
Hello,
I have had chronic hepatitis b since childhood as i contracted it from my mother at birth.
Had gone for my hbsag test about 3 months back and the result came in negative. I took it to my doc who said i should do a re-test in a few months time. So yesterday i went to the same lab for a retest. This morning i got a call from the lab that they need me to go give another blood sample as the test has initially came positive but upon retesting (a confirmatory test they do if the first test comes positive) it came negative the second time around. And hence they need another blood sample to re-do the test.
What is going on? few months back hbsag negative result. Now im told verbally of a hbsag positive initial test followed by a hbsag negative result in the confirmatory test (this they told be verbally).
what is going to be the most likely outcome of my test which they will do again now? what is going on? has this happened to anyone else? are these tests reliable?
how did i get a negative result a few months back? (also i was really shocked as i know the chances of loosing hbsag are really low and only happens to very few people..and now im afraid is not really become negative).
need as much input i can get..especially if this has happened to any of you. .thank you
I have had chronic hepatitis b since childhood as i contracted it from my mother at birth.
Had gone for my hbsag test about 3 months back and the result came in negative. I took it to my doc who said i should do a re-test in a few months time. So yesterday i went to the same lab for a retest. This morning i got a call from the lab that they need me to go give another blood sample as the test has initially came positive but upon retesting (a confirmatory test they do if the first test comes positive) it came negative the second time around. And hence they need another blood sample to re-do the test.
What is going on? few months back hbsag negative result. Now im told verbally of a hbsag positive initial test followed by a hbsag negative result in the confirmatory test (this they told be verbally).
what is going to be the most likely outcome of my test which they will do again now? what is going on? has this happened to anyone else? are these tests reliable?
how did i get a negative result a few months back? (also i was really shocked as i know the chances of loosing hbsag are really low and only happens to very few people..and now im afraid is not really become negative).
need as much input i can get..especially if this has happened to any of you. .thank you
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