A cortisol test may help diagnose Cushing syndrome and Addison disease. The test looks for pituitary and adrenal gland disorders. It does so by monitoring the stress hormone cortisol in your blood.
The adrenal glands create cortisol which is a steroid hormone that helps in stress response, blood sugar regulation, and infection resistance. In the morning, cortisol levels are typically highest, and at night they are lowest. When you’re nervous or stressed, your body produces too much cortisol, which can harm your health if it stays too high for too long, and a high or low cortisol level may indicate a medical condition.
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CBC Test is done to detect health disorders ranging from different types of anemia, infections, fever, inflammation and cancers. If you have any kind of infection then you will see an increase in your White Blood Cells or WBC count. Similarly a very common type of fever known as Dengue Fever will show a reduced number of platelets.
CBC Test can be done on 3 part, 5 part or 6 part hemoanalyzers. The 6 part hemoanalyzer is used to do CBC test at Maurya Labs. This machine gives additional information about the types of WBC present in the blood which helps the doctor to make accurate diagnosis of the disease.
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Cortisol levels too high or too low may indicate Cushing’s syndrome or another adrenal condition. If your cortisol levels are abnormal, this does not always indicate that you have a medical condition that requires treatment. Additional factors like infection, stress, and pregnancy may influence your results. Contraceptives and other medications might potentially affect your cortisol levels.
Normal Range
10-20 mcg/dL between 6 and 8 a.m.
3 Around 4:00 pm: 3 to 10 mcg/dL
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What does the Cortisol Test Measure ?
The cortisol level test determines if cortisol production is too high or excessively low. Addison’s and Cushing’s illness affects the quantity of cortisol produced by your adrenal glands, and this test identifies many disorders and analyses the adrenal and pituitary glands’ function, including:
Stress responses
Immune system
Nervous system
Circulatory system
Skeletal system
Protein, fat and carbohydrate breakdown
Why should I do the Cortisol Test ?
A cortisol test helps diagnose adrenal gland problems, including Cushing's syndrome, in which your body produces too much cortisol, and Addison disease, which produces insufficient cortisol.
How is the Cortisol Test Done ?
A cortisol test is usually a blood test when drawing the blood from a vein in your arm by a skilled health care provider during the test. After the needle insertion, collect a small amount of blood in a test tube or vial. Cortisol levels often rise about 7 a.m. during the early morning hours. In the evening and the early stages of sleep, they drop to extremely low levels. Even though cortisol levels fluctuate throughout the day, they are usually at their highest in the mornings. Doctors usually advise taking the test in the morning. A cortisol test does not need fasting. At Maurya Labs it is done using a fully automatic hormonal assay machine
How often should Cortisol Test be Done ?
Cortisol test is mostly done on the advise of the doctor depending upon the symptoms. Cortisol test is also part of the well women package at Maurya Labs Bihar.
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