Saliva Testing atAccess Medical Laboratories

SALIVA TEST KITS

AVAILABLE SALIVA TESTS:

• 17 OH PROGESTERONE
• TESTOSTERONE
• ESTROGEN
• ESTRONE
• ESTRADIOL
• ESTRIOL
• FSH
• LH
• MELATONIN
• CORTISOL
• DHEA
• ANDROSTENEDIONE

With the Access Saliva test kit you will be able to better evaluate your free hormonal levels in your body. Our simple and easy to use saliva kit determines the unbounded levels of hormones in your body. Saliva, which is produced by salivary glands located under the tongue and along the sides of the mouth, comprises a complex mixture of mucins, electrolytes, antibodies, and enzymes. It also contains steroid hormones, which are able to pass freely through the membranes of the salivary gland into the saliva by passive diffusion.

Saliva tests are more useful than blood tests because they measure the bio available (free) hormone in the blood. It is this bio available form of hormones that actually has an effect on the tissues.

Some of the common imbalances identified through this form of testing include: estrogen dominance; estrogen deficiency, progesterone deficiency or excess; androgen (testosterone) and DHEA excess or deficiencies and Cortisol excess or deficiency.

Another advantage of this testing is its ability to provide an insight into underlying health conditions such as compromised adrenal function, inflammation, blood sugar imbalances and microbial stressors. This becomes an invaluable diagnostic tool not only to measure hormone levels and ratios but also as a means to evaluate hormonal risk factors for hormone dependent diseases such as breast or uterine cancer. In addition, it can provide a basis for correcting imbalances through diet, exercise, nutritional support, or hormone supplementation.

RESOURCES:

The Key to Resolving Hormonal Imbalances By Sherrill Sellman, ND