HGH Testing
Principally hgh testing is done to find out the deficiency in growth, abridged pituitary gland normal utility, and to reveal out any pituitary tumors .
HGH test include four main tests –
- Somatotropin test
- Human growth hormone suppression test
- Somatomedin C
- Human growth hormone stimulation test
Somatatropin test is mainly done to make known about human growth hormone deficiency or its excessive production. A blood sample is taken 1 hour after the sleep. Normal hgh reading in male and female is 5 ng/ml and less than 10 ng/ml respectively. If reading comes more than normal then it is acromegaly or gigantism and if it is less than normal it indicates one is suffering from dwarfism.
Somatomedin c test is made to check the accurate level of hgh in the blood stream. This test is usually done to rule out acromegaly and other abnormalities related to pituitary gland.
Human growth hormone stimulation test is performed to check the capability of the body to produce human growth hormone. In this normal hgh level is 10ng per ml. Decrease in reading shows any pituitary insufficiency.
Human growth suppression test is done appraise baseline point of human growth hormone.
By all above test it gets easier to know the amount of hgh produce in body.
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