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Stress Hormones Blood Test at Jace MedicalHormones & fertility

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Stress Hormones Blood Test

Measures cortisol and DHEA sulphate, adrenal hormones linked to stress and energy.

  • 2 biomarkers
  • No fasting needed

£69Includes sample collection

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We confirm your appointment and any preparation, such as fasting, before you attend.

What’s included

2 biomarkers in this test.

No fasting needed

Hormones & fertility2

Reproductive, stress and adrenal hormones.

  • Cortisol
  • Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulphate (DHEAs)

About this test

Is the Stress Hormones Blood Test right for you?

Who it’s for

  • Your doctor has suggested checking your cortisol level, for example because of symptoms that could be linked to your adrenal glands.
  • You have symptoms such as extreme tiredness, dizziness when standing up or unexplained weight loss, which can sometimes be linked to low cortisol.
  • You have symptoms such as extra fat on your tummy and upper back, a red round face, easy bruising or stretch marks, which can be linked to high cortisol.
  • You have signs of excess male hormones, such as excess hair growth, and want to check DHEAs, a hormone made by the adrenal glands.

What it can show

  • Cortisol is a hormone made by the adrenal glands. It is highest in the early morning and lowest in the evening, and a morning result can help show whether levels are unusually high or low.
  • DHEAs (dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate) is a weak male hormone made mainly by the adrenal glands in both men and women. It can help look at causes of excess male hormones and at how the adrenal glands are working.
  • DHEAs levels peak in early adulthood and slowly fall with age, so your age is taken into account when your result is interpreted.

What it can’t tell you

  • This test measures hormones, not stress itself. Stress and illness can raise cortisol, so a high result may need repeating when you are well and less stressed.
  • A single cortisol blood test cannot confirm Cushing’s syndrome or Addison’s disease. If results are abnormal, a specialist may arrange further blood, urine or saliva tests, or a stimulation test.
  • Pregnancy, the contraceptive pill and steroid medicines such as prednisolone and hydrocortisone can change cortisol results.
  • DHEA supplements raise DHEAs levels, so tell us if you take them.
  • Results need to be interpreted alongside your symptoms. Diagnosis and treatment of adrenal conditions are with your GP or specialist.

How it works

From booking to results in three steps.

  1. Step 1

    Request your test

    Send a booking request online or call us. We confirm your clinic, appointment time and any preparation.

  2. Step 2

    Visit the clinic

    A short appointment for professional sample collection at Greysteel or Letterkenny. No GP referral needed.

  3. Step 3

    Receive your results

    Usually within a couple of working days, emailed to you once a doctor has reviewed them.

Common questions

Questions about this test.

Not directly. Cortisol rises with stress, but it also rises with illness and changes through the day, so a cortisol result cannot tell you how stressed you are.

Based on 5 sources, including NHS and NICE guidance

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All clinic information
A clinician meeting with a patient at Jace Medical’s Greysteel clinicNorthern Ireland

County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Greysteel Clinic

Our main clinic, on the A2 between Derry/Londonderry and Limavady, for testing, medicals and health services.

Address
Unit 1 & 2, The Vale Centre, Clooney Road, Greysteel, BT47 3GE
Opening hours
Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm · Free parking at The Vale Centre
Phone
028 7116 5790
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