HGH Test - Test Yourself to Improve Growth Articles | Human Growth Hormone

By: Ryan English

An HGH test will help one to know about the level of the human growth hormone in their body. Any deficiency can be cured thereby with the help of the report from the test. It is a useful tool in the field which helps in taking the correct supplement for the deficiency.

The level of the growth hormone in the body can be performed with the help of the blood or urine sample and analyzed with the help of HGH test. They are mainly used in the field of sport for testing the positive ness of the banned drug which will increase the performance of the person by increasing the human growth hormone.

The purpose of the HGH tests is,

- To find the growth deficiency

- To find the cause of gigantism and acremogaly.

- To identify pituitary tumor

- Done before HGH therapy.

Let us educate ourselves about the various available tests in this field and the purpose of those tests.

Somatotropin test

This test is performed in order to identify the growth deficiency. The deficiency may include low height and low and late level of sexual desire. This test will also help in recording the level of the growth hormone which can also help in identifying the reason for acromegaly and gigantism. The blood for the test is drawn after sleep or after exercise, because the hormone level will be high at these times.

Growth Hormone Stimulation Test

It is a HGH stimulation test that is also known as the Arginine test. This is used to find the growth hormone stimulating level of the person. It give the value about mans capacity in stimulating the growth hormone. It is also a test for hypoglycemia, a condition in which the level of the insulin is high. This method is more accurate in the values produced by it.

Somatomedin C

This is another type of HGH test that will detect the abnormality in the pituitary gland, if any. This is a test for the Insulin like growth factor level in the blood. The low level of Somatomedin C test will confirm the low level of growth hormone or an deficient condition of growth hormone. This Somatomedin C is a group of peptides that are found circulating in the blood stream.

Growth Hormone Suppression test

In this test the level of the growth hormone is measured in order to detect acromegaly in adults and gigantism in children. The test is done in the following way. A blood sample is taken from the patient by giving him 100gm of glucose through mouth. Then another sample is taken after two hours. The technology behind this test is that the glucose will suppress the HGH level. If the HGH level is high, then there is no suppression and it is identified as there is a problem in the pituitary gland.

The entire above HGH test is very much useful in determining the growth hormone level in the body. This will also help the doctor to administrate proper HGH supplement for increasing the level of the human growth hormone.