As we already know,
Human Growth Hormone plays an important role in young, active function of body, brain, muscles, and sex organs. How can we measure human growth hormone level to make sure it's OK? Is it possible to have too much human growth hormone? Let's take a closer look.
There is a special test —
human growth hormone test — to measure the amount of human growth hormone in the blood. The amount of human growth hormone in the blood changes during the day and is affected by exercise, sleep, emotional stress, and diet.
Too much human growth hormone during childhood can cause a child to grow larger than normal. Too little human growth hormone during childhood can cause a child to grow less than normal. Both conditions can be treated if found early. The same is true for adults.
Human growth hormone test is done when a child's growth is abnormal; when an adult seem to have acromegaly; to see progress of human growth hormone treatment. You should not exercise or eat or drink anything for 10 hours before the
human growth hormone test. You may be asked to sit quietly for 30 minutes right before the human growth hormone test. Blood levels of human growth hormone can change often and quickly, so more than two blood samples may be taken on different days.
Normal
Human Growth Hormone Levels are different for men, women and children:
- men: 5 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL);
- women: 10 ng/mL;
- children: 20 ng/mL;
- newborn: 15–40 ng/mL.
Higher human growth hormone levels show gigantism or acromegaly is possible. Lower human growth hormone levels mean dwarfism in a child or cancerous tumors or sarcoidosis in adults.