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Help with salivary cortisol result
Hello,
I'm a 35 year old woman and had a salivary cortisol test last week. I took the sample at 11:00 PM. I'm having trouble understanding my result - can someone please help?
.0064 ug/dL
Is this low for a person my age and gender? What is the likely next step if I am low?
Thanks
Sarah
I'm a 35 year old woman and had a salivary cortisol test last week. I took the sample at 11:00 PM. I'm having trouble understanding my result - can someone please help?
.0064 ug/dL
Is this low for a person my age and gender? What is the likely next step if I am low?
Thanks
Sarah
I think that one test is not enough to judge yourself by so you need to get several sets of testing plus other tests to support the diagnosis.
AI is a salt wasting disease so you will have sodium and potassium reading that are low or high.
Plus you need a stim test.
AI is a salt wasting disease so you will have sodium and potassium reading that are low or high.
Plus you need a stim test.
Are the established normal ranges very strict? I mean, if I am just low by 3 one-hundreths, is that that bad? My range for normal says:
Women 31-50: .0094-1.515 ug/dL
Women 31-50: .0094-1.515 ug/dL
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