Mississauga Clinic Offering Comprehensive Female Hormone Testing

Naturopathic Doctor’s use innovative and thorough hormone assessment to collect all the important information related to your case. Any current blood work and ultrasound reports will be reviewed prior to further testing.

Hormones are a dynamic system, which means they are constantly being produced, utilized, and metabolized at a steady rate. Therefore, assessment tools must also be dynamic to allow for an accurate representation of this system, or imbalances can easily be missed. Excesses in one hormone may present the same way as deficiencies in another. Depending on your concerns, our Naturopaths may use serum, saliva,or urinary collection methods to assess both primary sex hormones, as well as their metabolites, to help sort out the specifics of potential hormone imbalances.

Hormonal imbalances may present in a variety of concerns, and with a variety of symptoms. 

Women who still have menstrual cycles may experience: 


– infertility, 
– PMS/mood swings,
– anxiety,
– painful periods
– irregular periods (PCOS), 
– acne,
– hair loss and other symptoms

Women who are peri/menopause may experience: 


– insomnia
– adrenal dysfunction
– hot flashes & night sweats 
– weight gain 
– vaginal dryness
– male patterned hair growth 
– low libido and other symptoms

 

Other conditions associated with hormone imbalance include:

– weight gain (and/or thyroid disorders)
– depression, irritability, difficulty coping
– bone loss
– breast cancer

There are pros and cons to all collection methods of hormonal testing, making each scenario unique. Our Naturopaths will assess your symptoms on a case-by-case basis, and will determine the best form of hormone testing to assist in the diagnosis and management of your hormonal health concerns.

While clinical symptoms provide some insight, hormone testing gives you and your Naturopath a detailed snapshot into every step of the process in your endocrine system. Getting a full insight to both preliminary hormones and their metabolites can change the course of treatment in case management.

For example, a patient may present with a phenotype of elevated androgens, but when tested, testosterone may appear within a normal range on blood-work. However, if blood-work fails to assess its metabolite, dihydrotestosterone (which is 2.5x more potent), the metabolite of testosterone may in fact be creating the symptoms. 

When indicated, benefits to hormone assessments include the ability to assess both primary hormone levels, their pathway of breakdown, and the efficacy of the enzymes that are doing so. The results allow for a tailored treatment plan that are specific to you and your hormonal needs, and treatments often work faster and more effectively. 

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