Saliva Hormone Test FAQs Saliva hormone testing questions and answers about the process of ordering your saliva test, what to do when you receive it, how to return it, and how to read
the saliva test results.
«My mission is to educate and empower you to direct your own path to hormone balance using
saliva test results as a guide to natural hormone relief and rebalancing.
I was on a low dose of supplemental progesterone for several years to correct estrogen dominance (as seen in
saliva test results), and now that I'm transitioning into menopause I'm adjusting the dose and doing more testing.
After that day in the doctor's office when
my saliva test results came back with high cortisol, I knew I had to make lowering it my number one priority.
Not exact matches
The voluntary
tests reportedly involve pupils providing a sample of
saliva which is then
tested for traces of drugs such as cannabis, amphetamines and cocaine, with the
results available after about 20 minutes.
It takes about three weeks to get the
results of the
saliva test, which looks for three combinations of ACTN3 genes, with a child getting one variant from his mother and one from his father.
«Their
saliva is clearly
testing positive for both, which could mean that people bitten by this type of mosquito could be infected by both viruses at once,» said Claudia Rückert, PhD who is presenting the
results at the ASTMH meeting.
Using a small
saliva, urine, or blood sample, equivalent to the amount required by blood glucose monitors to
test blood sugar levels, the sample is applied to the sensors, triggering a response that provides visually evident
results in as little as an hour.
When labs conduct their
tests (on blood, stool, urine,
saliva or whatever else), they send back the
results together with an acceptable range.
I just had a
saliva hormone
test done and
results were: Estradiol.5 pg / ml Progesterone 32 pg / ml Testosterone 58pg / ml DHEAS 5.6 ng / dl
I ended up ordering the
saliva test and
testing on day 20 of my cycle and got these
results: Estradiol: 1.1 pg / ml range: 1.3 - 3.3 low Progesterone: 42 pg / ml range: 75 - 270 low Testosterone: 107 pg / ml range: 16 - 55 high DHEAS: 14.8 pg / ml range: 2 - 23 Cortisol: 8.0 pg / ml range: 3.7 - 9.5 (morning)
These creams are often custom - made — or «compounded» — for each patient, sometimes based on the
results of a
saliva test that measures a woman's hormone levels.»
Saliva testing is preferred by functional and integrative medicine practitioners, not only because it is * non-invasive and pain free, but because
test results tell us so much about the root cause of numerous hormonal woes.
Dr. David Zava of ZRT Laboratory and our co-author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Breast Cancer, has been measuring progesterone / estrogen ratios for many years in his
saliva and blood spot
tests, and includes them in
test results.
Sometimes, a blood or
saliva test may be offered, but
tests for adrenal fatigue are not based on scientific facts or supported by good scientific studies, so the
results and analysis of these
tests may not be correct.
I would encourage you to do another adrenal
saliva test, as not every company has accurate lab
results.
If I get the blood and
saliva tests done for adrenals that you recommend in your book and the
results are considered relatively normal, is it still possible to have adrenal fatigue / issues?
For example, a very «beat up» triathlete recently showed me the
results of his
saliva testing for hormones.
One drawback of salivary
testing is that
saliva gets oversaturated when patients are on hormone replacement therapy, leading to an abnormally high
result.
You mail the samples to a laboratory that specializes in
saliva testing, then receive the
results of your
tests in the mail.
So, on BenGreenfieldFitness.com this week, there was a post and little video where you went through all the
results of your blood
test and your urine
test and
saliva test and everything from WellnessFx.
However for anxiety and depression I have seen better
results with basic blood work, adrenal
saliva testing (and now the Dutch
test), OAT, stool, heavy metals, SIBO, IgG, toxin exposures etc..
Saliva alcohol
testing is for screening negative
results only.
However, similar
saliva swab
testing has been considered by the Courts in the recent past and deemed not to render an immediate response (such that present impairment is determinable to a satisfactory degree similar to the
results achievable through alcohol breathalyzer
tests).
Your lab
test results such as blood, urine and
saliva tests are held in strict confidence.