How to check six hormones for women

I believe everyone knows the importance of physical examinations. We recommend that our readers have regular physical examinations so that they can have a healthy body and deal with any abnormalities in their bodies in a timely manner. For female friends, examinations of the reproductive system are also very important. Below we will introduce to you the methods for women to check six sex hormones.

The six-item hormone test (six-item sex hormone test and six-item reproductive hormone test) is a routine examination of the female reproductive system.

There is no complete and unified gynecological and obstetric endocrine hormone measurement value in China. Moreover, due to the different sources of various reagents, measurement methods, data calculations, and units used, even for the same hormone sample, the results obtained by different laboratories are not exactly the same.

The inspection items are different and the attention methods are also different. The inspection content can be a full check or a single item check.

1. To check estrogen, progesterone, and follicle-stimulating hormone, 2 ml is required for each test, also after venous serum separation.

2. To check testosterone, 2 ml of venous serum is drawn. The commonly used method is radioimmunoassay, which can be measured after the serum is separated.

3. Prolactin should be checked on an empty stomach, with serum drawn around 9 a.m.

4. Check luteinizing hormone. Although it is also a radioimmunoassay test, because luteinizing hormone is secreted in a pulsed manner, it is best to collect samples 3-4 times within 1 hour and then mix them together for measurement, which is more accurate.

In the above article, we introduced the importance of physical examinations to us. We recommend that our readers have regular physical examinations. The above article introduces in detail the methods for women to check six sex hormones. I believe everyone has mastered them.