Specialty Labs
Along with standard labs and Imaging Winter Wellness is well versed in specialty testing. Digging a little deeper to uncover hormone imbalances, nutrient deficiencies, neurotransmitter dysfunction, digestive disorders, and food sensitivities and allergies.
DUTCH Testing
The most in depth look at your sex and adrenal hormones and their metabolites. It also includes the daily, free cortisol pattern, organic acids, and melatonin.
How does the DUTCH test compare to other testing?
DUTCH vs. Saliva Testing
While the free cortisol pattern in saliva has clinical value, there is a significant missing piece to surveying a patient’s HPA-Axis function with saliva testing – measuring cortisol metabolites. To properly characterize a patient’s cortisol status, free and metabolized cortisol should be measured to avoid misleading results when cortisol clearance is abnormally high or low. Likewise with sex hormones, measuring estrogen and androgen metabolites gives a fuller picture for more precise clinical diagnosis of hormonal imbalances and HRT monitoring.
DUTCH vs. Serum Testing
While the most universally accepted testing method (due to the availability of FDA-cleared analyzers that are reliable and inexpensive), serum testing is lacking in some areas. Adrenal hormones cannot be effectively tested in serum because free cortisol cannot be tested throughout the day. There is also a lack of extensive metabolite testing (especially for cortisol and estrogens).
DUTCH vs. 24-Hour Urine Testing
There are two primary drawbacks to 24-hour urine testing of hormones. First, the collection is cumbersome, and as many as 40% of those who collect, do so in error (Tanaka, 2002). Secondly, dysfunction in the diurnal pattern of cortisol cannot be ascertained from a 24-hour collection. Some providers add saliva for daily free cortisol. DUTCH eliminates the need for two tests.
Genova GI Effects
The GI Effects® Comprehensive Stool Profile is a group of advanced stool tests that provide immediate, actionable clinical information for the management of gastrointestinal health. Utilizing cutting-edge technologies and biomarkers, this profile offers valuable insight into digestive function, intestinal inflammation, and the intestinal microbiome.
Diagnostech Food Allergy Panel
Food sensitivities are recognized to be correlated with many chronic health conditions, such as IBS, eczema, fatigue, and others – but with proper identification and elimination of offending foods, many experience relief from their symptoms. IgG, IgG4, and IgA antibody assessment panels can serve as useful tools in the identification of trigger foods in individuals.
Cyrex labs
A Clinical Immunology Laboratory Specializing in Functional Immunology and Autoimmunity. Cyrex™ offers multi-tissue antibody testing for the early detection and monitoring of today’s complex autoimmune conditions.
ZRT Neurotransmitter Testing
Imbalances in neurotransmitters can cause the brain and the body to be over- or under-stimulated, producing neurological or psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression, impulsivity, PMS/PMDD, and/or insomnia.