All about hormones with Dr. Troy Spurrill

Dr. Troy Spurrill of the Synapse Center for Health and Healing talks about hormones, how they affect men’s and women’s bodies and general body function.

Dr. Troy’s non-profit is State of Grace Foundation. Find out more here.

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These are the initial Hormone panels they run at Synapse:

Female*
DHEA-s
Estradiol
FSH
Hemoglobin A1c
Pregnenolone
Progesterone
Reverse T3
Sex Hormone binding Glogulin
Testosterone Free,direct with total Testosterone
thyroid Antibodies
Thyroxine (T4) and TSH
T4 free and direct
T3 total and free
Vitamin D
*For women who are menstruating it is important to take the test on Day 13 to have the practitioner understand the progesterone levels better. Having said that hormones acn be complicated and sometimes you would want to take the test at different times of the month to better understand the process. This is not as important for men.

Male
DHEA-s
Estradiol
FSH
Hemoglobin A1c
Pregnenolone
Progesterone
Prostate Specific antigen (PSA)
Reverse T3
Sex Hormone binding Glogulin
Testosterone Free,direct with total Testosterone
thyroid Antibodies
Thyroxine (T4) and TSH
T4 free and direct
T3 total and free
Vitamin D