Growth Hormone LabCorp

The Growth Hormone LabCorp test measures the amount of growth hormone in your blood, which can help identify potential causes for symptoms like slow growth or delayed puberty.

Finding the cause(s) of:

• Delayed puberty: This test helps check if growth hormone levels are normal, as low levels can contribute to delayed puberty.
• Excessive sweating: While less common, abnormal growth hormone levels can sometimes affect body temperature regulation and sweating.
• Fatigue: Checking growth hormone levels can help rule out deficiencies or excesses that might be causing unexplained tiredness.
• Headaches: In rare cases, very high growth hormone levels can cause headaches, which this test can help identify.
• Short stature: This test assesses growth hormone production, which is crucial for normal height development.
• Slow growth rate: Measuring growth hormone directly helps determine if insufficient hormone production is causing slow growth.