Antibody testing: what you need to know

Antibody testing: what you need to know

You may be familiar with the recent buzz "of anti-body testing" for covid-19.

"an anti-body test"..

Also known as "sir-ol-ogy testing"..

Checks your blood "for the presence of anti-bodies".

"i-g-g anti-bodies" identify..

"if" you had "a previous infection" with covid-19.

"an anti-body test"..

Does "not" diagnose "an active infection".

"the c-d-c says"..

"anti-bodies" can develop about "2"-to-"3"-weeks "after infection".

Some people infected with covid-19..

Will never exhibit symptoms..

But will have "detectable anti-bodies".

/////// ///// "these results are not meant to give someone a false sense of security that i've been exposed and now i'm immune.

Because igg still has not been able to confer immunity, meaning if you test positive for igg that does not mean necessarily that you are immune to the coronavirus moving forward, that you can't get it again.

We hope that's the case, but we can't prove that's the case."

////// "brucken says"..

Make sure you check..

"with a reputable source" for testing capabilities.

"a serology test" *does require* a physician's order.

Now..

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