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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/05/03/nccam-i-say-we-take-off-and-nuke/Several studies have shown that garlic does not lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, St John’s wort does not treat depression, ginkgo does not improve memory, chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine do not treat arthritis, saw palmetto does not treat prostatic hypertrophy, milk thistle does not treat hepatitis, and echinacea and megavitamins do not treat colds. Moreover, some studies have found that megavitamins increase the risk of cancer and heart disease. Because the vitamin and supplement industry is not regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), negative studies have not precipitated FDA warnings or FDA-mandated changes on labeling; as a consequence, few consumers are aware that many supplements have not delivered on their claims.
The antibodies should show up on your blood test if you got the vaccine. Whether your dad had hepatitis or not would be completely irrelevant.Question:
If my dad had hepatitis, then later I got the vaccine, will the antibodies still show up on blood tests.
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hbv/hbvfaq.htmA protein on the surface of HBV; it can be detected in high levels in serum during acute or chronic HBV infection. The presence of HBsAg indicates that the person is infectious. The body normally produces antibodies to HBsAg as part of the normal immune response to infection. HBsAg is the antigen used to make Hepatitis B vaccine.
I don't see what Hepatitis has to do with Chicken pox or Shingles but regardless of whether someone has hepatitis.....If not, then why having chicken pox as a kid can give you shingles as an adult?
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/shingles.htmlAfter someone has had chickenpox, the virus stays in that person's nervous system for the rest of his or her life, even though the chickenpox goes away. The virus can stay there dormant, or sleeping, for years. In many people, it will never be heard from again. But in about 1 million Americans a year, it flares up and causes shingles. It is possible to get shingles more than once, although this is fairly uncommon.
Doctors aren't sure why the virus suddenly flares up again after months or years of inactivity. It could be because our immune systems become more vulnerable to infections as we age, which might explain why shingles is more common in older adults.
Thanks for the compliment *blush*Epileric, you are a great researcher. All I turned up is that I still have antibodies from exposure and vaccination.
What say you?