Question:
Hepatitis can somebody help me to interpret the below result of my mother's repa test please?
fairy
2014-03-17 21:57:54 UTC
can somebody help me to interpret the below result of my mother's repa test please?

HBsag - Non reactive - 0.411
Anti HbcIgG - Reactive - 0.005
AntiHbe- Non Reactive

Please help thank you so much!
Three answers:
tooshytoscream
2014-03-17 22:32:23 UTC
Shouldn't the doctor have explained all that? If they didn't they're doing a pretty shitty job. Unless you're just snooping and being a nosy little twit.
TweetyBird
2014-03-18 05:55:47 UTC
Test results should always be reviewed by the patient and her doctor. The doctor will interpret the results as this is within a doctor's scope of practice. That's how it's done. I've never heard of "repa" test so you may have misspelled this. These are results from a hepatitis panel. I can give you general information but your mother must consult her doctor herself.



An HBsAg is a hepatitis B surface antigen. Viral antigens are identifying proteins on the surface of the virus. A hepatitis B antibody is added to a blood specimen to see if the antibody reacts with any antigens, if the antigens are there. The antibodies will attach to the antigen. A non-reactive results indicates there were no antigens present to react.



An anti-HBc IgG is hepatitis B core antibody IgG. We have 5 main types of antibodies our body makes. Another name for an antibody is an immunoglobulin. The 5 are labeled with letters: A, D, E, G and M. Immunoglobulin is abbreviated as Ig. So the 5 Ig's are IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG and IgM. When testing for presence of a virus, we're most concerned with IgG's and IgM's.



IgM's are produced early in an infection and don't last long, so their presence indicates a current or very recent infection. IgM's are produced later in an infection and are long-lived. These are the antibodies that continue to circulate in the blood for years. Their presence indicates a past infection. You can keep them straight by thinking IgM, M for imMediate, and IgG, G for Gone by. .



The anti-HBe tests for antibodies against the hepatitis B e antigen. Again, an antibody that recognizes this antigen was added to the blood specimen to see if there would be a reaction. This results is non-reactive. No reaction.
Retired R.N.
2014-03-18 05:19:48 UTC
You can make a call and ask the surgery nurse, or someone in the lab, the

definition of these results. They will be glad to explain it to you.


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