Adrenal Stress Test
Adrenocortex Stress Profile — A comprehensive tool to assess your stress response and resiliency, including an in-depth interpretation provided by a nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner.
SPECIMEN TYPE: SALIVA
TURNAROUND TIME: 7 DAYS
Turnaround times are estimates.
Why choose Genova Diagnostics' Hormonal Health Products?
Chronic stress is seen as a root cause for disease, making evaluation vital to a patient’s overall health.
The Adrenal Stress Profile is comprehensive – assessing cortisol diurnal rhythm, DHEA, and optional cortisol awakening response (CAR) - three key biomarkers that are crucial for assessing a patient’s resilience to both psychological and physiological stress.
Salivary testing is an easy, non-invasive, at-home collection.
A Comprehensive Tool to Assess Stress Response and Resiliency
The Adrenocortex Stress Profile (ASP) provides an assessment of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis using carefully timed salivary samples of the hormones cortisol and DHEA. Salivary testing is an easy, non-invasive option to measure unbound, biologically active parent hormone levels.
Which patients might benefit from HPA axis testing?
Daily hassles, chronic pain, blood sugar dysregulation, work stressors, and poor relationship quality can alter the HPA axis. Imbalances in adrenal hormones can have a wide range of negative consequences that can adversely impact a patient's overall quality of life.
HPA axis dysfunction is associated with many conditions including but not limited to:
Hypertension
Cardiovascular disease
Gastrointestinal and immune dysregulation
Diabetes and metabolic syndrome
Depression
Chronic fatigue
Insomnia
Weight gain
Persistent pain
Neurodegenerative disease and cognitive decline