A FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH) TEST MEASURES THE LEVEL OF FSH IN YOUR BLOOD. FSH IS A HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE PITUITARY GLAND THAT REGULATES REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION. IN WOMEN, FSH STIMULATES EGG DEVELOPMENT AND OVULATION, WHILE IN MEN, IT SUPPORTS SPERM PRODUCTION. THIS TEST HELPS EVALUATE FERTILITY ISSUES, MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES, MENOPAUSE TIMING, AND POTENTIAL PITUITARY GLAND PROBLEMS. ABNORMAL FSH LEVELS CAN INDICATE UNDERLYING REPRODUCTIVE OR HORMONAL IMBALANCES.

A LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH) TEST MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF LH IN YOUR BLOOD. LH IS A HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE PITUITARY GLAND THAT PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT AND REPRODUCTION. IN WOMEN, LH TRIGGERS OVULATION, WHILE IN MEN, IT STIMULATES TESTOSTERONE PRODUCTION. THIS TEST HELPS EVALUATE FERTILITY ISSUES, MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS, PUBERTY TIMING, AND POTENTIAL PITUITARY GLAND DISORDERS. ABNORMAL LH LEVELS CAN INDICATE UNDERLYING REPRODUCTIVE OR HORMONAL IMBALANCES.

A PROLACTIN, SERUM TEST MEASURES THE LEVEL OF PROLACTIN, A HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE PITUITARY GLAND. PROLACTIN IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR STIMULATING BREAST MILK PRODUCTION AFTER CHILDBIRTH. HOWEVER, ELEVATED PROLACTIN LEVELS CAN ALSO OCCUR IN NON-PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS AND MAY INDICATE CONDITIONS SUCH AS PITUITARY TUMORS (PROLACTINOMAS), THYROID DISORDERS, OR CERTAIN MEDICATIONS. THIS TEST HELPS DIAGNOSE HORMONAL IMBALANCES AND INFERTILITY ISSUES IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.