What Do I Test For? Evaluation For Women

Female Saliva

Hormone Testing

Using Symptoms to Determine
Which Hormones to Test

The following symptom score sheets for women will help you to determine whether hormone testing is necessary, and which hormone tests to order. Each hormone category is divided into hormone deficiency and hormone excess, as each encompasses a different subset of symptoms. Check only those symptoms which are troublesome and persist over time. Go through each category, checking off deficiency and/or excess symptoms that apply to you and enter your total in the box at the end of each column. One or more persistent symptoms in any given category is a strong indication of hormonal imbalance and the need to test levels of that specific hormone.

USING SYMPTOMS TO DETERMINE WHICH HORMONES TO TEST IN SALIVA FOR FEMALES

Estradiol and Progesterone

Check which of these symptoms are troublesome and persist over time. One or more symptoms in this category are a strong indication that you need to test Estradiol and Progesterone.

Estrogen / Deficiency	Estrogen Excess / Progesterone Deficiency
Hot flashes	Mood swings (PMS)
Night sweats	Tender breasts
Vaginal dryness	Water retention
Foggy thinking	Nervous
Memory lapses	Irritable
Incontinence	Anxious
Tearful	Fibrocystic breasts
Depressed	Uterine fibroids
Sleep disturbances	Weight gain - hips
Heart palpitation	Bleeding changes
Bone loss	Headaches
Headaches	Cold body temperature
	Cystic ovaries
	Heavy menses
	Breast cancer
	Sleep disturbance
	Sugar craving
	Elevated triglycerides
	Weight gain –waist
	Low libido

Number selected deficient	Number selected excess

Testosterone and DHEA-S

Check which of these symptoms are troublesome and persist over time. One or more symptoms in this category are a strong indication that you need to test Testosterone and DHEA-S.

Androgen Deficiency	Androgen Excess
Low libido	Increased facial hair
Vaginal dryness	Increased body hair
Fatigue	Loss of scalp hair
Aches/pains	Acne
Memory lapses	Oily skin
Foggy thinking	Nervous
Incontinence	Irritable
Depressed	Anxious
Sleep disturbances	Breast cancer
Bone loss	Ovarian cysts
Decreased muscle mass	Elevated triglycerides
Heart palpitations	Sleep disturbances
Headaches
Fibromyalgia
Irritable
Thinning skin

Number selected deficient	Number selected excess

Cortisol (Adrenal Function)

Check which of these symptoms are troublesome and persist over time. One or more symptoms in this category are a strong indication that you need to test Cortisol.

Cortisol Deficiency	Cortisol Excess
Fatigue	Sleep disturbances
Sugar craving	Bone loss
Allergies	Fatigue
Chemical sensitivity	Weight gain—waist
Stress	Loss of muscle mass
Cold body temp	Thinning skin
Irritable	Elevated triglycerides
Arthritis	Breast cancer
Heart palpitations	Irritable
Aches/pains	Anxious
	Memory lapse
	Depressed
	Heart palpitations
	Headaches
	Stress
	Cold body temperature
	Sugar cravings
	Low libido
	Hair loss
	Increased facial hair
	Increased body hair
	Acne
	Nervous

Number selected deficient	Number selected excess

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