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No, you don’t need a COVID-19 antibody test after vaccination
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Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Most of us are rushing to get our antibodies tested two weeks after being fully immunised for coronavirus. But these commercially available tests are a waste of time and money, say immunology experts.
What is an antibody?
Antibodies are blood proteins that the body produces to fight against invaders, such as bacteria and viruses.
Antibody tests were used during the pandemic to determine if a person had already been infected with the coronavirus. The tests searched specifically for the anti-nucleocapsid antibodies, wrote Dr Luis Ostrosky in a blog for the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. The anti-nucleocapsid antibodies are created through natural coronavirus infection, he added.
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(BPT) - Spring has sprung, and for many of us, that means the start of bothersome allergy symptoms. In fact, between 30 and 60 million Americans are affected by environmental allergies each year,
[1] making it one of the leading causes of chronic disease in the U.S. Allergies are caused by the bodyâs immune system overreacting to substances in the environment, causing symptoms like a runny nose, sneezing, congestion or sinus pressure.
One of the more common environmental allergy triggers is ragweed pollen. Ragweed plants grow wild in most areas in the U.S. from August through November and produce pollen, a powdery substance made up of grains that help fertilize other ragweed plants. One ragweed plant can release up to one billion pollen grains into the air that can end up in your nose, eyes or mouth, potentially triggering an allergic reaction.