Many people ask why you should do a Salivary Test for hormone levels when you can have a blood test done more conveniently.
 
Blood testing has been accepted as a good test for numerous different medical problems and will continue to be an essential form of testing in many diseases and illnesses. However, it does not always show the precise measurements in hormone imbalance, and new evidence suggests that testing the saliva is more accurate in finding the amount of active hormones that are circulating in the system.

Salivary hormonal testing, is normally done before using any bio- identical hormones, and this is used as a baseline measurement to determine the balance of hormones in the system, and also to determine which hormones, you may need. After a few months of taking bio-identical hormones, it is often wise to repeat the salivary hormonal testing, to determine how the levels are changing.

Females often require six tests, and males usually four.

Salivary test kits are ordered by the patient and posted to your home address. You then do the test on a specified date and send the completed kit back to the laboratory. Results take 2 to 3 weeks. Find out more at www.arlaus.com.au.

Read more about Bio-Identical Hormones -

• Bio-Identical Hormones
• Bio-Identical HRT (natural) - for Women's Health
• Bio-Identical Hormones (natural) - for Men's Health.