Blood work, lab work question: What to order?

[downsouthyall]

sensitive estrogen includes E2? And if it specifically lists:

"Estradiol, Ultrasensitive, LC/MS/MS"

is the estrogen included if I don't see just "estrogen" in the details?

[SampsonandDelilah]

sensitive estrogen includes E2? And if it specifically lists:

"Estradiol, Ultrasensitive, LC/MS/MS"

is the estrogen included if I don't see just "estrogen" in the details?

That’s the one…

[Cylon357]

sensitive estrogen includes E2? And if it specifically lists:

"Estradiol, Ultrasensitive, LC/MS/MS"

is the estrogen included if I don't see just "estrogen" in the details?

That is the test you want. Estradiol is one of the 3 main estrogens and the most powerful of the 3. An estrogen panel summarizes the 3 together, but that isn't particularly useful for men because it doesn't factor in the strength of each. Thus, the recommendation for pulling estradiol sensitive (sometimes called "ultrasensitive" as in your case).

Oh and the sensitive version of the test is needed because we need more precise readings in men, where a few points really can make a difference between "I want to shag a hole in that brick wall" vs "my ding dong don't work for nothing but peeing now".

[downsouthyall]

"my ding dong don't work for nothing but peeing now".

Not a good feeling.

[downsouthyall]

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