Diagnosis of Menopause

Diagnostic Tests for Menopause: Online Medical Books

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Menopause: Diagnosis
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Patient history and typical clinical features suggest menopause. A Papanicolaou (Pap) test may show the influence of estrogen deficiency on vaginal mucosa. Radioimmunoassay (RIA) may be performed, but because of the expense involved, it isn’t necessary to confirm a diagnosis of menopause. If done, RIA shows the following blood hormone levels:

❑ estrogen: 0 to 14 ng/dl

❑ plasma estradiol: 15 to 40 pg/ml

❑ estrone: 25 to 50 pg/ml.

RIA also shows the following urine values:

❑ estrogen: 6 to 28 µg/24 hours

❑ pregnanediol (urinary secretion of progesterone): 0.3 to 0.9 mg/24 hours.

Follicle-stimulating hormone production may increase as much as 15 times its normal level; luteinizing hormone production, as much as 5 times.

Pelvic examination, endometrial biopsy, and dilatation and curettage may rule out organic disease in patients with abnormal menstrual bleeding.

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Diagnostic Test list for Menopause:

The list of medical tests mentioned in various sources as used in the diagnosis of Menopause includes:

• FSH level blood test

Tests and diagnosis discussion for Menopause:

In younger women who are having menopausal symptoms, and in women who have had a hysterectomy but still have one or both of their ovaries, a blood test called an FSH level, or follicle stimulating hormone level may be useful to confirm menopause. (Source: excerpt from Menopause: NWHIC)

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