Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I just ordered a test kit for my son last week, recieved it on Saturday. There was an attached yelolow sheet which indic ated they were doing correlation testing with serum and saliva TSH testing. We were given the option to participate or not. It might be nice though to be able to test cortisol, DHEA and sex hormones via saliva testing at a reduced rate and continue doing the thyroid testing via serum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I just ordered a test kit for my son last week, recieved it on Saturday. There was an attached yelolow sheet which indic ated they were doing correlation testing with serum and saliva TSH testing. We were given the option to participate or not. It might be nice though to be able to test cortisol, DHEA and sex hormones via saliva testing at a reduced rate and continue doing the thyroid testing via serum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I just ordered a test kit for my son last week, recieved it on Saturday. There was an attached yelolow sheet which indic ated they were doing correlation testing with serum and saliva TSH testing. We were given the option to participate or not. It might be nice though to be able to test cortisol, DHEA and sex hormones via saliva testing at a reduced rate and continue doing the thyroid testing via serum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 > HMM THis is new. I just got a kit from them Saturday and will be > spitting tomorrow, but there is no mention of this in there. but I cna > certainyl either send blood or my last thyroid blood labs. > I have (clean) test results of T3,T4,TSH (before Armour or IC or anything), but not any antibody tests.. Stupid endo - I *asked* about thyroid, and he tested me for coeliac (which makes sense), but NOT for TPO which would have sealed the damn case. That is, if he believed in treatment for " sub-clinical " (not really, but..) but antibody-positve Hashi's. Of course, he probably wouldn't - that (might) increase the chances of causing it to go into remission sooner rather than later or never - endos don't WANT that! Same thing with selenium, or toxicity testing.. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 > HMM THis is new. I just got a kit from them Saturday and will be > spitting tomorrow, but there is no mention of this in there. but I cna > certainyl either send blood or my last thyroid blood labs. > I have (clean) test results of T3,T4,TSH (before Armour or IC or anything), but not any antibody tests.. Stupid endo - I *asked* about thyroid, and he tested me for coeliac (which makes sense), but NOT for TPO which would have sealed the damn case. That is, if he believed in treatment for " sub-clinical " (not really, but..) but antibody-positve Hashi's. Of course, he probably wouldn't - that (might) increase the chances of causing it to go into remission sooner rather than later or never - endos don't WANT that! Same thing with selenium, or toxicity testing.. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I am thinking that they are just trying to cover themselves. I have seen on maybe the NTH or Iodine list there was talk about screwy tests and some of they people were confronting Diagnos Tech about it, with proof from their recent blood work. So does it specifically say that you MUST do one of these options, or can you just use saliva results? K > I would think a blood to saliva correlation tests for sex hormones would be > more vital since that is the one I question the most being off. I haven't > had a thyroid blood test in years. I wonder if they are now required to do > it for some legal reason since if you don't submit blood or blood tests, you > can't do thyroid? > > Cheri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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