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Hbsag quantative test in Europe

Hello,

Since we don't have this test in USA. I'm planing to do it in Italy while visiting Europe next month and I have the following questions:

1) where in Rome I can do the test?
2) how much will it cost me ( hbsag quantity, genotype etc...)
3) do I need an appointment or I can walk in?
4) do they speak English I hope
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the best place to have it is private labs like synlab because in public hospitals it may be difficult to get access

1) where in Rome I can do the test?
there is a very small lab in rome collecting samples and shipping to main sylab laboratory.it is ll ok but not in the rome center, getting there by public transport very messy, you ll have to take a taxi
all public hospitals and many other private labs have hbsag quant but i dont know if you have access

a very good lab i know in civitavecchia (which is 30-45min train from rome) have both hbsag quan and nagalase test available

synlab is everywhere in the north with their own labs,milan is full of their labs, verona, florence, forli, cattolica too

2 hbsag at synlab is about 50€, i dont know for genotype and other tests.email them, they also have ip10 and other research tests available, oxidative stress tests and so on.hbsag in public hospitals is 8€ for italians and free for italian chronic carriers

3 no appointment but you have to explain carefully the type of test because they dont know it at reception (while public hospitals know the test) and confuse that with hbsag qualitative, hbsab quantitative or hbvdna
they have roches elecsys

4 i guess they do, better email them and have appointment so they dont make the wrong test

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If confirmed tdf is not good i n ur case
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That is kidneys disfunction, retest to be sure.the damage is from hbv, it can infect kidneys but not replicate there

Baking soda with some lemon, 1 tea spoon daily
nac1500-1800mg daily
coq10

not cheap but more potent
fibroguard, gcmaf
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Did anyone experience protein in urine? And how bad it is for hbv? Can it be reversed? I did a routine urine test for cold and everything was normal except protein in urine was 1+
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i dont think urine is useful, as for blood test the main labs directly doing it:

redlabs.com

http://www.europeanlaboratory.nl

and then many many labs from all european countries shipping samples to these research labs.red labs does not make the tests directly to patients, you need a lab or hospital to ship samples there.if you google nagalase test laboratory europe i guess you get ll the labs
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Dear Stef,

can you tell me which lab is the best for Nagalase testing (blood and urine)?

Thanks and regards,
Emanuel
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Thanks elis and Stef. I'm on vitamin d3 and taking 10000 iu daily. So hope in 6 months the professor will be convinced
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