HEP B FALSE POSITIVE

[outofmind]

If you have the vaccine can you still get hep b?

also got a false positive test from donating blood they said i was fine but since then i have been going nuts.. got it have been too soon after infection?

[outofmind]

Thanks so much, everyone has been telling me this. I think this situation has brought out the worst in me. When i called red cross they told me that i def. had nothing wrong with me but i can t seem to get it through my head, and now i have caused myself stress.  Which in its own turn brings symptoms and makes me wonder if they are from Hep B.  Anyways just wanted to say thanks once again

[mremeet]

The purpose of getting the hep B vaccination is to prevent getting hep B. It works and is very reliable at preventing a hep B infection as far as I know. But I suppose anything's possible, although I've never heard of anyone getting infected with an active immunization for hep B. The vaccination apparently doesn't last forever though, most sources indicate that booster shots should probably be given at some interval during your life. As far as I know these intervals can be pretty far apart, like possibly even more than a decade. I spoke with a nurse who gave me a hep B vaccination a few months ago and she said they are learning more all the time about hep B immmunity, and previously it was thought that booster shots were needed more often than they are now thought to be needed. She told me that I shouldn't need a booster shot in at least ten more years and perhaps for life. She said when ten years has passed, research it and see if the research at that time indicates a booster shot, but it may turn out to be discovered that no further shots are necessary (the hep B vaccination hasn;t been around that long, that's why there's still some uncertainty about how long the shots last). Plus remember that even if you did not have a vaccination, about 90% of the people who are infected with hep B clear it naturally on their own (with no lasting ill effects). So even with a weak residual antibody protection provided from a hep B vaccination you received years and ago ago, it would simply add to the already very unlikely scenario that you would be chronically infected should be exposed to hep B.