Non-reactive means the negative result of a given exam. In the field of medicine, it consists of indication of the non-existence of a certain disease in the examined organism.
The expression “non-reactive” is explained by the fact that the reagent does not react with the patient's blood, thus presenting a negative sample.
The term non-reactive is always used in blood tests, pregnancy tests (Beta HCG), sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV, syphilis, among others.
For example, when the result of an exam is "Non-reactive HIV" means that the individual is not contaminated with the virus of this disease.
Whenever the result is “non-reactive” in the examination documents, it means that the individual does not have that disease, or it is not yet developed in his body at that time.
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The opposite of a “non-reactive” result is the “reactive”, which represents the affirmation of the existence of a certain disease, virus or bacteria in the living organism.
VDRL
This is the acronym in English for
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL), which is a test to find out if a patient has been exposed to syphilis bacteria, a sexually transmitted disease.If the result presented is "Non-reactive VDRL", means that the patient in question is never in contact with this bacteria (Treponema pallidum), or that your body has completely eliminated it from your body.