Women's Health Test

By examining a few drops of blood and saliva - each collected at different points during your cycle using our easy-to-use kit and instructions- we measure a variety of biomarkers known to be instrumental in women’s health.

The hormones tested include:

• Estradiol

• Progesterone

• Luteinizing hormone

• Follicle stimulating hormone  

• DHEAS (dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate)

• Free Testosterone

• Cortisol 

• Thyroid stimulating hormone

• Free T3 

• Free T4

• Thyroid peroxidase antibodies 

As you understand your overall hormonal profile, you’ll be more informed in your planning for the future, whether you are planning a family or becoming an empty nester.

Related test: Thyroid Test

Note: If discontinuing hormone therapy, we advise waiting 6 weeks until collecting your sample. The list below shows medications and supplements that may affect test results, but it is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all medications, including hormonal therapies, that may affect your results. Please consult with your healthcare provider if you have questions about how your medication may affect test results.

Prescription: Mirena IUD, Skyla IUD, Kyleena IUD, Nexplanon, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pills, Progestin Only Oral Contraceptive Pills (MiniPill), Combined Hormone Replacement, Progestin Only Hormone Replacement, Estrogen Only Hormone Replacement (including vaginal), Spironolactone

Over-the-counter: Soy Supplements, Chasteberries, Red Clover, DHEAS, Thyroid Supplements

Our hormones are constantly changing, differences in levels can change how you feel day to day. Hormone levels outside of normal ranges can affect the menstrual cycle, mood, metabolism, libido, and sleep. Testing hormones is a critical step in understanding a woman’s reproductive and general health. Knowing if you have a hormonal imbalance is the first step to understanding the changes you may be experiencing in your body.

The Everlywell Women's Health test is our most comprehensive panel for a complete look at all the hormones that are critical to a woman's well-being. This test checks many of your sex hormone levels so you can discover if your levels are too high or low compared to reference ranges.

Our Women’s Health test is taken in your own home, and results are provided by an experienced, CLIA-certified laboratory. At a low price for all of these tests, this is the perfect starting point for those wanting to take a first step in assessing their own hormone levels before turning to more expensive, difficult, or complex alternatives.

This easy-to-use female comprehensive hormone panel will provide you with your levels of each of the 11 biomarkers (10 hormones and 1 antibody) measured in our Women’s Health test and whether your levels fall within established normal ranges for your life stage.

As with all of our tests, we encourage you to share your results with your healthcare provider as he/she can best offer guidance in your health and hormonal questions.

Here’s how to test hormone levels from the comfort of home:

The Everlywell Women’s Health test lets you easily check for 11 key markers all from the comfort of your own home. The kit includes everything you need– even a prepaid shipping label to send your samples to the lab.

This easy-to-use female hormone test can detect abnormal hormone and antibody levels, and it also includes detailed instructions for how to collect your blood and saliva samples.

To collect your blood sample, just prick your finger and apply a few drops of blood to the collection card. The saliva sample is collected by spitting into the saliva tubes provided in the kit.

You’ll then send your samples to the lab, and just days later, your test results will be ready to view on our secure, online portal.

A hormone level test can tell you a lot about your body’s well-being. The test results can tell you if you have any abnormal levels, which can affect your health. This is because hormones regulate many vital functions in the body by acting as “chemical messengers.” So out-of-balance hormones can disrupt your body’s normal, healthy functioning—and result in a variety of symptoms.

For example, if your thyroid-stimulating hormone is outside the normal range, you might experience symptoms like fatigue, cold sensitivity, irregular periods, dry skin, thinning hair, and more.

Or if your steroid hormone levels are abnormal, you could have symptoms like increased body fat, lowered sex drive, loss of strength, and so on. (Steroid hormones include hormones like testosterone and estradiol, the main form of estrogen in the body.)

Our at-home Women’s Health Test uses two sample types to check hormone levels: blood and saliva. Collecting both sample types is simple:

• Blood test sample collection only requires a simple finger prick (Learn more)

• For collecting your saliva sample, you just spit into the tube that comes with the kit (Learn more)

Saliva testing can give you accurate information about your hormone levels. A large amount of research done in the past decades has shown that hormone levels in saliva correlate with hormone levels in blood (for many hormones). So saliva tests offer a convenient, noninvasive way to evaluate a wide range of hormones, and saliva testing techniques can be just as accurate as blood testing methods.

Example: Salivary Cortisol

Studies show that salivary cortisol reflects the body’s cortisol levels just as well as measurements of cortisol in blood.

Additionally, research shows that salivary cortisol is useful as a screening test for conditions like Cushing’s syndrome (a condition that results in excess cortisol in the body, sometimes due to a pituitary tumor).

Also, all sample collection and testing methods used for Everlywell kits are well-established and widely-used in scientific and medical circles. For this reason, our tests can give you reliable, accurate insight into your body’s hormone levels.

If a hormone panel test reveals that your hormones are outside normal levels (which can sometimes be referred to as a hormone imbalance), consider talking with your healthcare provider. A healthcare professional can take into consideration your medical history, a physical exam, and other factors to help you get the most value from your at-home lab test results.

Can hormone imbalances be treated?

In many cases, hormonal imbalances are treatable. For example, your healthcare provider may recommend hormone replacement therapy for certain thyroid hormone disorders, menopausal symptoms, and more.

Hormone therapy isn’t the only possible way to treat hormonal imbalances, however. For example, your healthcare provider may prescribe medication that blocks the effects of testosterone if your T levels are too high.

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