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Originally Posted by TMG
Help!During work experience earlier this year I had the necessary immunisations (over the course of a few months) and then had the blood test to see if I now had the antibodies,unfortunately I didn't (my GP said that it may be due to my size - 6'4" 15 stone,and it's not uncommon to need an extra injection) so I had another immunisation.Today I have been for another blood test to check for the antibodies and been told that if this comes back negative they will test to see if I am a carrier!I was too shocked at the time to ask what that will mean in terms of my health and going to medical school,if I am.
Anyone know anything/been in a similar situation?I am now worried sick and I have my UKCAT this afternoon!
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Im going through a similar situation i didnt respond to the vaccine and wasnt producing the threshold amount of antigen so therefore had to have a booster. Im just waiting on the test results.
Its very unlikely you will have hep b, you would have probably been diagnosed by now or would have been suffering from some of the associated symptomns.
All this means is that you are possibly a non responder. Something like 15% of all people dont respond to the vaccine.
In my case, if the results come back negatvie im going to get tested to see if I am a carrier of hep (which is unlikely) If not they redo the immunisation process using an alternative form of the hep b vaccine. To see if I respond to that.
In regards to med school from what Ive read, if you are a carrier of hep B the outlook is not that great. If you don't respond to any of the vaccines, occupational health will give you a talk about safety and extra precautions you need to take and then will let you carry on as normal
I would wait to see of your blood test and then ring the med schools you are applying to, so you can let them know your situation.
