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Saliva Hormone Analysis
Summary of Saliva Hormone Benefits
- Painless and avoids patient stress which can alter test results
- It is easy and can be done at home or in the clinic at your convenience
- Saliva hormone testing generally costs less than blood testing
- It is the most reliable way to measure free 'bioavailable' hormone activity
Saliva hormones more accurately reflect
tissue uptake and reaction of hormones delivered topically (through
the skin) by creams, gels or patches. Blood and urine assays
significantly understate such hormones, often leading to overdosing
during subsequent treatment.
Nowadays saliva is increasingly being chosen as a biological fluid
for detection of numerous biochemical markers such as hormones,
antibodies, electrolytes, and drugs. The science of finding minute
traces of various chemicals has advanced enormously under the
influence of forensic, sports and preventative medicine.
With saliva, sample collection is non-invasive and much more convenient for both patient and practitioner compared to, for example, the taking of blood samples, especially when a number of samples may be required over a 24 hour period.
In saliva, only the biologically active part of the hormone, which is not protein bound, is being measured and this in effect represents the 'free' fraction of the hormone in question. With the possibility of evaluating a saliva sample from multiple conditions it becomes increasingly more possible to put together profiles which are appropriate to the diagnosis and or monitoring of various diseases and illnesses.
And inevitably, because the concentration of analysed materials in saliva is so much less than the concentration of hormone in the blood, specialised and highly sophisticated assays for their quantification in saliva have had to be developed. The following saliva based tests are used by The Chiron Clinic although the first has been the most required to date:
With saliva, sample collection is non-invasive and much more convenient for both patient and practitioner compared to, for example, the taking of blood samples, especially when a number of samples may be required over a 24 hour period.
In saliva, only the biologically active part of the hormone, which is not protein bound, is being measured and this in effect represents the 'free' fraction of the hormone in question. With the possibility of evaluating a saliva sample from multiple conditions it becomes increasingly more possible to put together profiles which are appropriate to the diagnosis and or monitoring of various diseases and illnesses.
And inevitably, because the concentration of analysed materials in saliva is so much less than the concentration of hormone in the blood, specialised and highly sophisticated assays for their quantification in saliva have had to be developed. The following saliva based tests are used by The Chiron Clinic although the first has been the most required to date:
- Salivary Female Hormone Profile
- Salivary Menopausal Profile
- Salivary Adrenal Stress Profile
- Salivary Sex Hormone Profile
- Salivary Sleep Profile
- Salivary Melatonin Profile
- Salivary Male Hormone Profile
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