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Can I eat in the morning when I have my blood drawn for the HBV-DNA test?

HBV-DNA check blood can eat in the morning, but Nanchang Hepatitis B treatment experts recommend that the patient's diet should be light, do not drink alcohol, try not to take drugs, especially to avoid taking drugs that damage the liver, do not eat health care products nutrients, so as not to affect the results of the drug. If the condition requires, it is not necessary to force to stop medication, need to be told to the doctor during the examination. The morning physical examination blood check liver function the day before the night after 8 p.m. do not eat, forbid breakfast, so as not to affect liver function, so that transaminase is too high.

In addition to checking HBV-DNA, when observing the effect of antiviral treatment for hepatitis B, it is also necessary to check the liver function, checking the liver function is necessary to fasting. Because the liver function test a number of content measurement value and diet have a certain relationship, such as drinking alcohol easy to make some serum enzyme value increase, after eating greasy food can make the blood fat increase. Therefore, the HBVDNA check is also best to keep fasting.

So the HBV-DNA test should be done on an empty stomach or not. If the HBV-DNA test is done only, fasting is not necessary. If liver function tests are also done, then fasting is necessary.

Note: The article mentions that the HBV-DNA test is the hepatitis B DNA test