Testing question..urine cortisol??

[Guest guest]

I contacted a pedi Endo (mainly for curiosity) and gave a brief

rundown of how my kid tested low cortisol on saliva and has elevated

tsh...etc.

He said they would do a 24 urine cortisol test. Basically, looking for

's..which she doesn't have signs of.

I have not run across this form of testing...is is useless??

[Guest guest]

The 24 hour urine tests for metabolites of cortisl so not totally

useless, BUT if cortisol is high at one time of the day and low another

it will not detect it.

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[Guest guest]

This is what I thought...maybe they should do blood serum cortisol in

the am and then do a ACTH serum..which is what I plan to ask for. I

already have the saliva test which clearly shows the problem, they

just won't take that seriously. And of course we need to figure out if

this is pituitary related or not.

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> The 24 hour urine tests for metabolites of cortisl so not totally

> useless, BUT if cortisol is high at one time of the day and low another

> it will not detect it.

>

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> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

>

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

>