What is a Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Blood Test?
Polycystic ovary syndrome results from a hormonal imbalance that affects 5-10% of women of reproductive age. It is characterized by high levels of androgen hormones, irregular periods and small cysts on one or both ovaries.
Why get one?
Signs and symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome often develop at puberty. But sometimes, it can develop later, for example, in response to significant weight gain. The symptoms can be:
- Irregular ovulation
- Imbalance of the hormonal balance
- Weight gain
- Hair loss
What are the Sampling Instructions?
Please take your Polycystic Ovary Syndrome sample in the morning. Take it at least one hour before any medication.
5 BioMarkers
- Luteinising Hormone: it helps your reproductive system and measures how much luteinizing hormone you have in your PCOS blood test.
- Testosterone: helps you understand why you have missed periods, experience hair growth on your face or chest, or have difficulty getting pregnant.
- FSH: it checks for damage or disease of your ovaries.
- Free androgen index: helps you understand if you have abnormal androgen levels.
- Sex Hormone Binding Globulin: it measures your testosterone deficiency or excess.
How does it Work?
Order your kit online and once it arrive collect your sample at home.
Then, drop off the sample in the morning to the Royal Mail Red Street Box. Use the Track24/48 Return Label to the Lab.
Lastly, once your results are ready, we will send you an email with your Result. Also you can view the report in your Dashboard.
How long do the results take?
The target time for the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome PCOS Blood Test is 1-3 working days from receiving them in the Laboratory.
Sample Care starts at Home.
Sample Management starts when you prick your finger using your kit. Therefore, please do not leave your sample around the Home for 1-2 days.
Why Choose Us?
- The Latest laboratory Technology
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- Pre-Paid Royal Mail Tracked 24/48, Return to Lab Label included.
- Result Certificate Issued by Confidential Email (No SMS)
- MHRA Registered IVD Devices
- Support via WhatsApp during business hours
What is the Scientific Data from Instrument and Reagent Supplier?
Technology Method:
Fluorescence quantitative immunoassay
Limit of Detection:
- FSH: 1 mIU/mL.
- SHGB: 10 nmol/L.
- Testosterone: 0.1 ng/mL.
- Luteinising hormone: 1 mIU/mL
- Free Androgen Index: N/A (calculated)
Accuracy and Precision:
The relative standard deviation from the target value is ≤ 15%. The within-assay CV is ≤ 15%. The between-assay CV is ≤ 15%.
Measuring Ranges:
- FSH: 1~100 mIU/mL
- SHGB: 10~1000 nmol/L
- Testosterone: 0.1~16.0 ng/mL
- Luteinising hormone: 1~100 mIU/mL
- Free Androgen Index: N/A (calculated)
Validation-Active Information:
- EQA: Yes
- Inter-laboratory validations
- Periodic according to the validation schedule
- Event-triggered- Qc/Calibration/New materials/Batch
Accuracy and Precision:
The accuracy of these PCOS blood tests is based on the relative deviation. The relative deviation is the average deviation from the actual result value.
The precision relies on the within-assay coefficient of variations and the between-assay coefficient. The within-assay coefficient of variations is the variance of the result value if the same test was analysed again. The between assay coefficient is the variance of the result value if the same sample was reprocessed from the beginning again.
In range results:
FSH:
- Female:5~20 mIU/mL
- Follicular phase: 4.46~12.43 mIU/mL
- Ovulatory phase: 4.88~20.96 mIU/mL
- Luteal phase: 1.95~8.04 mIU/mL
- Menopause: 20.00~98.62 mIU/mL
- Males: 1.50~12.40 mIU/mL.
SHGB:
- Nonpregnant females: 30~200 nmol/L
- Pregnant females: 200~500 nmol/L
- Males: 20~70 nmol/L.
Testosterone:
- Females: 0.10~0.75 ng/mL
- Males: 1.75~7.81 ng/mL
Luteinising hormone:
- Female:
- Follicular phase: 2.95~13.65 mIU/mL
- Ovulatory phase: 13.65~95.75 mIU/mL
- Luteal phase: 1.25~11.00 mIU/mL
- Menopause: 8.74~55.00 mIU/mL
- Males: 1.81~12.40 mIU/mL
Free Androgen Index:
- Females: 0.4-8.4
- Males: 30-150
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Review Date : 02/02/2024
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Try our Shared stories and cases for PCOS
Alessia’s story: the weight of other people’s judgment
Hi everyone, I’m Alessia; I’m 23 years old. I thank those who had this idea to let us vent a little about this syndrome, but for many, we fake everything without documenting it. Like in crime films, I felt I had evidence to “justify” my ups and downs.
I am a TYPE C, and here is my story:
At the age of 16, after another 6 months, I had not started my period, in technical terms, amenorrhea. My desperate mother made me take a pregnancy test despite telling her that I hadn’t had intercourse yet, and the result was negative. Meanwhile, I gained weight despite no longer eating out of anger. Only later did I discover with a PCOS Blood Test that the problem wasn’t food but rather the swelling linked, in turn, to the lack of periods.
I told my trainer about my discomfort at the time, and he recommended I do some tests for the thyroid because I also had quite a bit of hair on my chin due to the still unknown hirsutism, and I already felt more relieved because I had a point from which I could start. After the tests, I had no hormonal disorders related to the thyroid but to the polycystic ovary, also known as PCOS.
After this discovery, we started to find a gynaecologist at the hospital
And after several calls and weeks of waiting, I found an appointment with an elderly doctor. I looked at my mother and said to him, “Please, he seems like a maniac; let’s look for another one,” and I didn’t visit that day. Shortly after, we found a gynaecologist who acted as my psychologist at the beginning because I found her to be the only one with whom I could relate and talk freely about everything that was part of that problem.
After a year, I started taking one tablet, Zuglimet Metformin 500mg, three times a day (now I take 850mg), and I already started to see physical improvements because I deflated, as you could see being already robust, the cysts decreased, and the cycle regularized. Not to mention the “beard”; I used the lightening cream to hide everything, but the Doctor advised me to try the pulsed light, and the hair has almost disappeared.
Then, to complete the package, there is also abundant hair loss and cystic acne.
In those years, being a teenager, I was already a target of bullies for my physicality; mostly, having a black coat on my face didn’t help. Not to mention the sentimental sphere, you also have to be lucky to find partners who don’t burden you by, for example, those little hairs on your chest and who know that perhaps even if it would be one of your dreams to have children, there are complications. Still, in my case, my current gynaecologist says that I am inclined to give birth and there would be improvement after the first child.
We see her once a year for a routine check-up.
Through Facebook groups, in dark moments (anxiety, depression, sociopathy, stress and low self-esteem), I signed up for support groups, which helped a lot to move forward, not get discouraged and not feel alone.
Then, the PCOS Blood Test Instagram page and all the informative posts made me think of one thing: one day, I would like to have an appointment with all your experts in your centre in Padua. Today, thinking about it, I am a different person, obviously always evolving. Still, I never thought I would almost no longer think about people’s opinions and everything I went through to stay in good physical and mental health, which affects my quality of life.
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Packaging Information
Weight: 0.25kg
Dimensions: 35 x 25 x 2.5cm
Sample Method Swab/Urine Options
Shipping & Return:
We have a 14-day return policy, which means you have 14 days after receiving your PCOS Blood Test Kit to request a return.
To qualify for any return, the product must be in the same condition as when you received it if it is not used, not opened, unworn, and in its original packaging. You will also need to send it to us with the receipt or proof of purchase.
So, please return to Medicines Online, 89 Falcon Rd, London. SW11 2PF
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