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Thyroid Hormone Testing

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The thyroid gland is your body's regulator of energy. Low thyroid is very common in premenopausal and menopausal women. Symptoms of low thyroid can include fatigue, weight gain, foggy thinking, cold hands and feet, dry skin and brittle hair. These easy, accurate, virtually painless, take-at-home blood spot tests can give you a useful portrait of your thyroid function and save you the trip to a lab. You just follow the simple instructions, then mail the dry sample to the lab in a prepaid envelope.

 

NY State residents:
New York State health law prohibits the testing of blood spot specimens collected in or mailed from New York and prohibits the transmission of blood spot laboratory data NY physicians or residents. New York residents may order saliva tests.

All Testers
You will be submitting health information and ordering tests for informational purposes only. For hormone tests, a contracted licensed physician will review your request and authorize the testing service you are purchasing. You are responsible for taking the test to your primary care physician for any additional interpretation and neither the physician authorizing the test, nor the lab, nor Virginia Hopkins Test Kits, are diagnosing or treating any condition through your use of this service.

 

 


 

ZRT_blood_test_std.jpg Thyroid Test - Comprehensive Profile - Blood Spot - ZRT
$260.00

Results and written recommendations and analysis included. This blood spot thyroid test kit is an overall assessment of thyroid function. Symptoms of thyroid deficiency can include weight gain, fatigue, dry skin, brittle hair and nails. Thyroid dysfunction can be a symptom of estrogen dominance and the risk of thyroid deficiency increases as we age. Test includes free thyroxine (fT4), free triiodothryronine (fT3), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPO).

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ZRT_blood_test_std.jpg Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Test - ZRT
$69.00

Blood spot test. Results and written recommendations and analysis included. Measures the amount of thyroid hormone manufactured by the thyroid gland. General indication of thyroid activity. If you're only ordering one test for thyroid function, this would be the one to choose. High levels of TSH indicate that the brain and thyroid gland are working hard to raise thyroid levels, thus it indicates low thyroid. Very low levels of TSH may indicate thyroid excess, but it's wise to test other thyroid parameters if this is the case.

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ZRT_blood_test_std.jpg Free Thyroxine Thyroid Test - Blood Spot - ZRT
$69.00

Blood Spot Test. Results and written recommendations and analysis included. Thyroxine is the main thyroid hormone produced by the thyroid. A well- regulated process causes thyroxine to generate the much more potent thyroid hormone T3 (Triiodothyronine).

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ZRT_blood_test_std.jpg Free Triiodothyronine Thyroid Test - Blood Spot- ZRT
$69.00

Blood Spot Test. Results and written recommendations and analysis included. Measures the level of active thyroid hormone T3. This level must remain within optimal range to keep the body functioning properly and is crucial for maintaining physical and mental health.

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ZRT_blood_test_std.jpg Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody Test (TPO) - ZRT
$69.00

Blood spot test. Results and written recommendations and analysis included. In 90% of patients with Hashimoto’s (autoimmune thyroiditis) TPO levels are elevated; indicator of other autoimmune disorders and polycystic ovaries.

 

 

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iodine_test_3.jpg Iodine Test
$85.00

Detects iodine deficiency as a potential cause of health problems such as fatigue, brain fog, hypothyroidism and fibrocystic breasts. Iodine is tested in dried urine using filter strips twice a day. Simple to use.

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