Hepatitis B Core Antibody, IgM Labcorp

This test checks for an active Hepatitis B infection, which can cause symptoms like abdominal pain, fatigue, jaundice, nausea, and vomiting, helping pinpoint the cause of your discomfort.

Finding the cause(s) of:

• Abdominal pain: This test helps identify Hepatitis B, a liver infection that commonly causes abdominal pain.
• Acute hepatitis symptoms: The IgM antibody indicates a recent or acute Hepatitis B infection, which explains acute hepatitis symptoms.
• Fatigue: Hepatitis B infection often causes significant fatigue, which this test can help diagnose.
• Jaundice: This test can confirm Hepatitis B, a common cause of jaundice (yellowing of skin/eyes).
• Nausea: Identifying Hepatitis B with this test can explain nausea as a symptom of the liver infection.
• Vomiting: This test helps diagnose Hepatitis B, which can cause vomiting due to liver inflammation.