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hepatitis A vaccine q&a

socal21

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I'm curious, is the vaccine givin at a certain age? I honestly don't know if I've ever even been giving it, and is it really something I should have? :s I'm confused.
 
Hepatitis A (HAV) immunization is available for anyone over 1 year of age. We usually recommend it if you're going to be traveling to countries where sanitation is an issue. But it is available to anyone who wants it.

Gay men should get the Hepatitis B (HBV) immunization. HBV can be transmitted sexually and is an issue for gay men. California mandates HBV immunization for all school age children, so you might check with your family doctor to see if you've had the series (it is given in 3 doses).
 
You should get the HAV and HBV vaccine. They are dangerous diseases to have and the vaccines are recommended by the CDC for all adults. The shots can come in separately or as combined and can be given at varying intervals depending on the type of vaccine chosen.
 
Soo I should have already gotten the HBV when I was younger? But check with my doctor? And the other is only givin if I ask for it?
 
you should have become it, however it is also possible that you need to refresh it soon. talk to your doc.

A is usually only given if you plan to travel to certain countries.
 
socal21 said:
Soo I should have already gotten the HBV when I was younger? But check with my doctor?
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The HBV immunizations have been around since the 80s, so there's a good chance that you may have been given the immunizations when you were a child.

It's a good idea to get the list of your immunizations for your records. For certain jobs and to attend many universities, you have to provide proof of immunization. It's also helpful if you ever travel outside the US.


socal21 said:
And the other is only givin if I ask for it?
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You would have to request it. It's usually 2 injections given 6 months apart.

Back in the mid-90s, the HAV immunization was added to the recommended list of childhood immunzation. That may have been too late for you to have received it as a requirement for public schools.
 
KaraBulut said:
It's a good idea to get the list of your immunizations for your records. For certain jobs and to attend many universities, you have to provide proof of immunization. It's also helpful if you ever travel outside the US.
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here everybody, right from birth, has "vaccination passport" record or however you would call it in english. from some quick research it seems the concept is entirely unknown in the US? It's simply a list of all vaccinations, the date when they were applied, the doc who did it, and the vaccine used. So when I visit a new doc I just slap that piece of paper at him and he knows if something needs to be done or not.

Slowly I realize why there currently are so many headlines with not vaccinated children causing outbreaks of long "beaten" diseases ..

And before anybody goes into the cared "the government will control us" - mode: it's by no means an official document, it's just for your and your doctor's convenience. you can choose not to have one, but why would you?
 
A funny story now here. I was born not in USA. At age of 4.5/5 I got Hep B (from not sanitized needle in the kindergarten apparently). I was in hospital for like 2-3 months getting intensive treatment.

Ever since then every time I have been offered a Hep B vaccine I said no thanks, because I had it and I have fully recovered and now I must be immune to it. Several months ago, I went to a complete STD checkup and the doc decided to send a sample of my blood to HEP A/B test just to make sure.
To my and doctor's greatest surprise both tests came back negative and NOT IMMUNE. Apparently my body fully forgot that I had Hep at some point. Now at age of 26 I had to take the Hep A, B combined vaccine. Done with two shots already, the third one is coming up. There are three shots with 1 and 6 month intervals.
 
Corny said:
here everybody, right from birth, has "vaccination passport" record or however you would call it in english. from some quick research it seems the concept is entirely unknown in the US?
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As inefficient and bizarre as it sounds to a non-American, immunization records are the purview of each of the 50 states in the US. And the laws vary.

Typically, your pediatrician schedules your immunizations and keeps a record of them. In some states, there is a central registry for immunizations so that practitioners can look up the immunization history for a patient. These systems were federally funded by the Clinton administration back in the 1990s but not all states have implemented them.


rollex_2000 said:
A funny story now here. I was born not in USA. At age of 4.5/5 I got Hep B (from not sanitized needle in the kindergarten apparently). I was in hospital for like 2-3 months getting intensive treatment.
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Makes you wonder if you might have had something other than Hep B?
 
^ isn't it possible that the body did indeed "forget" about it? I mean the regular immunization is only good for about 10 years or so, too - right?
 
Corny said:
^ isn't it possible that the body did indeed "forget" about it? I mean the regular immunization is only good for about 10 years or so, too - right?
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Honestly, we don't know. There are some studies that show that antibody levels decrease after exposure- exposure either from immunization or by contracting the virus.

The theory is that antibody levels decrease with time but that special immune cells called Memory Cells retain the ability to retrigger an immune response if an exposure to HBV occurs in the future.

The interesting thing is that there are two antigens that we test for in looking for immunity to HBV. Only antibodies one of those antigens (HBcAb) is present in people who have had exposure to HBV which is how to distinguish between an immunized person (HBcAb-/HBsAb+) and a person who has had hepatitis B (HBcAb+/HBsAb+).

Usually we do expect a person who has had hepatitis to titer positive for antibodies to HBV.
 
KaraBulut said:
Hepatitis A (HAV) immunization is available for anyone over 1 year of age. We usually recommend it if you're going to be traveling to countries where sanitation is an issue. But it is available to anyone who wants it.

Gay men should get the Hepatitis B (HBV) immunization. HBV can be transmitted sexually and is an issue for gay men. California mandates HBV immunization for all school age children, so you might check with your family doctor to see if you've had the series (it is given in 3 doses).
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I had my injections so so long ago that i don't know what they were,
maybe polio or chicken pox or TB or something. :confused:

If you forgot what vaccines you took long long ago, can the same vaccines be taken again ?
 
Telstra said:
If you forgot what vaccines you took long long ago, can the same vaccines be taken again ?
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Yes. You can also ask to be tested for antibodies. If you have antibodies, then you have resistance and don't need to be immunized.
 
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