Dr. Hannan relies on saliva testing to determine a patient’s hormone status and replacement needs. An understanding of the differences between saliva and serum is necessary to appreciate the reliability of saliva testing. Serum or blood testing reports the levels of the biologically inactive hormones (95%). They are biologically inactive because they are protein bound and therefore are too large to fit on the cell membrane receptors. Thereby, they do not affect the tissue levels of hormones.
Saliva testing reports the biologically active hormone levels (5%) exclusively. Therefore, saliva is an excellent medium to test the bio-available levels of steroid hormones in the body.
Saliva testing is the only effective way to measure and then monitor the levels of transdermal or topical bio-identical hormone replacement.
Our office frequently tests five different hormones for evaluation of sex hormones and adrenal glands. Estradiol-Progesterone-Testosterone-DHEA & Cortisol-depending on the patients needs.
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