My blood test result is REACTIVE HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY what is this? Explain.?

Hepatitis B Core antibody may mean that you had previous exposure to Hepatitis B thus producing antibody to it. BUT it does not necessarily mean you have it..unless the Hepatitis surface antigen or know as HbsAg is positive. So just to be sure go and have your blood test for HbsAG. God bless! Source(s): I'm a lab. tech

OOo, doesn't sound too good but then again, i'm no doctor so I don't know what it means. Good luck that nothing bad exists
Why doesn't anyone here who is getting test results back ASK THEIR DOCTOR WHAT THEY MEAN? You didn't test yourself, right? Who gave you the result and why didn't you ask them?

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A positive hepatitis B core antibody means that some one was exposed to the (hepatitus B) virus at some point in their lives.

Over 95% of people exposed to hepatitis B as adults get rid of the virus by themselves. They are then permanently immune from being infected by the hepatitis B virus again. If somebody is hepatitis B core antibody positive and hepatitis B surface antigen negative, they are likely to be one of those individuals.

In summary: get tested for the Hepatits B surface antigen.
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You either have hepatitis B or you have had a vaccination for it and you have antibodies. Ask the lab who gave you the results or a doctor.
A positive hepatitis B core antibody means that some one was exposed to the virus at some point in their lives.

You cannot get a positive hepatitis B core antibody from the vaccine because the vaccine does not include the core protein. However, over 95% of people exposed to hepatitis B as adults get rid of the virus by themselves. They are then permanently immune from being infected by the hepatitis B virus again.