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Author Topic: Excessively high estradiol test result  (Read 2168 times)

Mrslolad

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Excessively high estradiol test result
« on: October 05, 2023, 07:27:14 AM »
Hi ladies

I did a blood screening this week to check my hormones as I’ve been battling with various HRT types and wanted to see where I was at.

Everything came back normal apart from Estradiol which they reported was a whopping 38968 pmol/l !!!!

Surely this is impossible and not correct.

I have emailed them to enquire but not had a response yet.

Are there any knowledgeable people who can comment please? If on,y to reassure me that this number is impossible and definitely incorrect. I feel like if the level was this high I’d be dead!

Thank yiu
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Penguin

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Re: Excessively high estradiol test result
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2023, 07:33:19 AM »
I had similar, high 30ks, when in the middle of my IVF, so I don't think it is impossible, but would be very unusual of you are not on medication that raises estrogen levels. I'd ask them to check again, could be a lab error.
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Penguin

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Re: Excessively high estradiol test result
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2023, 07:34:28 AM »
And also, even when my number was that high, I felt absolutely fine! Nobody seemed to think it was an issue but I did have to stop the injections for a few days.
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Mrslolad

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Re: Excessively high estradiol test result
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2023, 07:49:59 AM »
I am on Oestrogel. But this seems crazy. I don’t feel as though I have too much estrogen (have experienced those side effects before).
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Penguin

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Re: Excessively high estradiol test result
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2023, 08:08:31 AM »
Perhaps it is an error then, these things happen. I haven't had it personally with a human test result but one of my dogs had a result that came out wayyy higher than normal, they ran the test again and it was fine, it was put down to a lab error.
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Dotty

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Re: Excessively high estradiol test result
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2023, 10:09:41 AM »
Hi was the blood taken from a vein or was it done by a finger prick test ?
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Mrslolad

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Re: Excessively high estradiol test result
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2023, 11:57:30 AM »
It was finger prick.
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Dotty

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Re: Excessively high estradiol test result
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2023, 04:31:16 PM »
Finger prick tests should not be used for Oestradiol readings as they give incorrect readings.
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Mrslolad

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Re: Excessively high estradiol test result
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2023, 04:33:54 PM »
Thank you Dotty. You’ve put my mind at ease.
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Dotty

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Re: Excessively high estradiol test result
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2023, 06:07:43 PM »
A good friend of mine did a finger prick test and her oestradiol came back at 13000. A few days later she had a blood tests via a vein and her oestradiol was 284.
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rferdi

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Re: Excessively high estradiol test result
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2024, 10:20:37 PM »
Quote from: Mrslolad on October 05, 2023, 07:49:59 AM
I am on Oestrogel. But this seems crazy. I don’t feel as though I have too much estrogen (have experienced those side effects before).

Hi Msrlolad I know this post is quite old but I'd like to know, what side effects from too much estrogen did you experience? I'm really interested to know as I'm not sure if I might be having this problem now. How did you find out the symptoms were from too much estrogen? Thank you
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