instruction: hello doctor I had protected sexual intercourse five months back now tested for sad and everything came back negative I have a question around hav index value for type is 70 and type is 23 it was a type specific egg antibody test is this result conclusive or do I need to retake at any point of time in the future your response is most appreciated
output: hello for that above limited information as you have not mentioned your age and sex here which is very important for any clinician and if the question is specific about some sexually transmitted disease because oh of male and female genital organs are different so all bacterial and viral flora growth can be different according to sex as you have told that you have had protected intercourse five months back so it always decreases the chances of studs sexually transmitted disease in any partner and you also mentioned that all reports of your related to sad are negative so I think no need to worry now as you have crossed the incubation period of almost all sexually transmitted diseases five months is a big time for your query about the hav index I think it is negative I could not comment on the specificity of egg however even if it is nonspecific no matters cause your index values are negative so do not worry results are conclusive definitely officially index value greater than is considered positive and index value below 9 indicates a negative result if the egg test is negative and at least six months have passed from the time of possible infection you do not have herpes number between 9 and is equivocal antibody to hav may or may not be present do not worry eat healthy and stay healthy