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EBV iga positive (NPC)

paulmichael
paulmichael CSN Member Posts: 3
edited January 2012 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Hi I just went to a health screening and my result show that

my EBV iga is 139

>120 positive

Does that means that I have contacted NPC , cause this is what the doc told me

I will be going to a hospital for check up next week

Thanks alot for reading
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  • caregiver99
    caregiver99 CSN Member Posts: 27
    #2
    ebv
    EBV is very common, usually it does no harm and it doesn't mean you contracted NPC.
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  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor CSN Member Posts: 1,842 Member
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    Emphatically NO
    What caregiver just said. EBV is very very common. All that this shows is that you've been exposed to the virus. It does not mean that you have NPC. What exactly are you going to get checked, and how? There are no current recommendations to use this test as part of a mass public screening that I'm aware of.
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  • paulmichael
    paulmichael CSN Member Posts: 3
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    longtermsurvivor said:

    Emphatically NO
    What caregiver just said. EBV is very very common. All that this shows is that you've been exposed to the virus. It does not mean that you have NPC. What exactly are you going to get checked, and how? There are no current recommendations to use this test as part of a mass public screening that I'm aware of.

    Thanks for the replies
    Thanks for the replies longtermsurvivor & caregiver

    I am a chinese and live in S.E.A

    Beside the EBV test they wrote NPC

    I was quite in a loss when they just told me I got NPC

    I ask the doctor for more info but he just wrote me a letter of recommend to a hospital
    for a check up again next week
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  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor CSN Member Posts: 1,842 Member
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    paulmichael said:

    Thanks for the replies
    Thanks for the replies longtermsurvivor & caregiver

    I am a chinese and live in S.E.A

    Beside the EBV test they wrote NPC

    I was quite in a loss when they just told me I got NPC

    I ask the doctor for more info but he just wrote me a letter of recommend to a hospital
    for a check up again next week

    Southeast Asia is a different situation
    but this is pretty complicated, and doesn't just hinge on a single IgA assay. Here's a link. I'm sorry but its going to take a bit of time to figure out what the reference is saying: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0019100

    Pat
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  • paulmichael
    paulmichael CSN Member Posts: 3
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    longtermsurvivor said:

    Southeast Asia is a different situation
    but this is pretty complicated, and doesn't just hinge on a single IgA assay. Here's a link. I'm sorry but its going to take a bit of time to figure out what the reference is saying: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0019100

    Pat

    I will take a look at the
    I will take a look at the link to understand more

    Thanks
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