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Do you want to take blood to check hepatitis B on an empty stomach

Dr. Casey Turner
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2025-05-12 20:14:44
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Blood tests for hepatitis B do not require fasting, but if you also need to do liver function tests, you need to keep fasting for more than eight hours. If the test results suggest that the body has hepatitis B virus infection, you need to take antiviral drugs as prescribed to reduce the virus damage to the liver.